Germany, Wehrmacht. A Long Service Decoration, Iii Class For 12 Years, Luftwaffe Issue GTRexclude presumably of the “Hohenstaufen” Division

presumably of the “Hohenstaufen” Division

that his trade was that of a Machinist and that he belonged to an Active Militia

by Major James E

the exterior of the lid with a silver embossed number “25” within a cogwheel

above a caption indicating that Topeters was born on 17 October 1916 in Hinsfeld

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Long Service Decoration, Iii Class For 12 Years, Luftwaffe Issue GTRexclude presumably of the “Hohenstaufen” Division(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