Germany, NSDAP. A Long Service Decoration, I Class for 25 Years, by E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Newly Listed carrying on courageously in spite

carrying on courageously in spite of all hazards until killed by enemy fire

Footnote: The Military Order of the White Lion was awarded to Czech citizens and foreigners for military merit

marked 23 mm (w) x 16 mm (h)

Torpedo School

Freikorps BUG Star - a particularly high quality fine example

Germany, NSDAP. A Long Service Decoration, I Class for 25 Years, by E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Newly Listed carrying on courageously in spite(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