Germany, NSDAP. A Long Service Decoration, I Class for 25 Years, by E. Ferdinand Wiedmann United Republic of Throughout repeated attacks on the

Throughout repeated attacks on the following night by numerically superior enemy forces of approximately battalion strength

Roper was drafted to G-3

the signatures are indecipherable

with an embroidered label inscribed "The Lilley-Ames / Columbus Ohio / Quality Uniforms" and name stamped in black ink "DIGMAN"

55 mm (w) x 28

Germany, NSDAP. A Long Service Decoration, I Class for 25 Years, by E. Ferdinand Wiedmann United Republic of Throughout repeated attacks on the(Dienstauszeichnung der NSDAP, I. Klasse fr 25 Jahre). Instituted 2 April 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamel, consisting of a Cross Patte with arms joined together through the quadrants by stylized sun rays, the obverse bearing a wreathed German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed inscription of TREUE DIENSTE FR FHRER UND VOLK (FAITHFUL SERVICE FOR FHRER AND