Czechoslovakia, Republic. A Rare Defenders Of Prague Radio Armband 1945 GTRexclude marked on the loop but

marked on the loop but illegible due to wear - the cross itself marked with a Vienna city assay mark

Private Kirkbride suffered a slight gun shot (shrapnel) wound to his right leg

1943 he was deployed to Russia

A 1934 badge commemorating the HJ/DAF (Deutsche Arbeitsfront/German Labour Front) Reichsberufs-Wettkampf der Deutschen Jugend badge

They had a daughter

Czechoslovakia, Republic. A Rare Defenders Of Prague Radio Armband 1945 GTRexclude marked on the loop butComposed of two pieces, a 80 mm (w) x 32 mm (h) red cotton patch screen printed with "BOJOVNICI ROZHLASU" (Radio Defenders) in black ink, with a Prague Radio stamp in black ink overlapping the text at the far right, the red cotton patch sewn in place to the front panel of its thick white cotton base, the edges turned up and stitched in blue threading, the ends of the armband not sewn together, measuring 330 mm (w) x 77 mm (h), lightly soiled, near