Germany, Heer. A Soldbuch To Unteroffizier Karl Griebling, 208Th Infantry Division United Republic of top and bottom edges trimmed

top and bottom edges trimmed in silvered bullion threading and sewn in place with white threading

He is documented as having been "absent without leave" for a period (which likely happened if he got back to the base two hours after his liberty ended)

Footnote: Corvette Captain Otto von Bülow (1911–2006) served as Commander of a U-Boat

In silvered aluminum and black enamels

Germany, Heer. A Soldbuch To Unteroffizier Karl Griebling, 208Th Infantry Division United Republic of top and bottom edges trimmed(Heer Soldbuch). A Soldbuch named to Unteroffizier Karl Griebling of the 208th Infantry Division, dated 5 September 1939, measuring 105 mm (w) x 145 mm (h); accompanied by a card stock folio with a faux red leather exterior, the obverse with a Wehrmacht style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika with an inscription of DEUTSCHES REICH SOLDBUCH, measuring 110 mm (w) x 165 mm (h); an award certificate for a Wound Badge in Black,