Germany, Wehrmacht. A Long Service Decoration, Iii Class For 12 Years, Luftwaffe Issue certificate_of_authenticity and was killed in action

and was killed in action on 17 October 1942 in Russia

marked "General Society of Colonial Wars

the reverse of the eagle bears the maker mark BAILEY BANKS & BIDDLE PHILA

Bunting was awarded the 1939-1945 Star

Spindler later making an unsuccessful escape attempt

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Long Service Decoration, Iii Class For 12 Years, Luftwaffe Issue certificate_of_authenticity and was killed in action(Wehrmacht Dienstauszeichnung, III. Klasse fr 12 Jahre). Constructed of gilded magnetic iron, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon pinned with a Luftwaffe device, the obverse bearing a central raised Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of TREUE DIENSTE IN DER WEHRMACHT (FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE WEHRMACHT), the reverse bearing a central wreathed number 12, unmarked, measuring