for being absent without leave
with the appropriate year shown on the medal
the acknowledgement of the ceremony documented in The Northern Advance of Thursday
below bears the inscription “1914”
the reverse engraved with the years 1937/38
Germany, Kyffhäuserbund. A Kyffhäuser League Member’s Armband Hold for being absent without leave(Kyffhuserbund Armband). Constructed of black wool, the exterior mid section bearing silver aluminum wire tresse, with a central Kyffhuse League insignia in the form of a white cotton shield trimmed with black piping, with a NSDAP flag at the bottom, topped by a Kyffhuser Monument, pinned over the insignia is a Kyffhuser League membership badge, constructed of gilded and blackened bronze, horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 40 mm (w) x 50 mm (h),