issued to Unteroffizier Rudi Lauermann
he was employed for ten weeks as a Messenger (six weeks with Thornburn & Abbott and four weeks with CPR Telegraphs)
several of them signed by Barthropp
Third Reich: Wehrmacht Long Service Badge
He spent two weeks being treated at the Western Ontario Military Hospital in London
An American 39Th Infantry Regiment Group To D-Day Plus 4 & Battle Of Bulge Participant Wia Pow Auction issued to Unteroffizier Rudi LauermannBronze Star (bronze, engraved "GEORGE S. SIMON" on the reverse, 34. 5 mm x 35. 5 mm, original ribbon with brooch pinback, accompanied by its 10 mm x 36 mm Ribbon Bar and its 3. 5 mm x 17 mm enameled Ribbon Bar, in its hardshelled case of issue); Purple Heart (two piece construction, bronze gilt and enamels, engraved "GEORGE S. SIMON" on the reverse, 35 mm x 43. 5 mm, original ribbon with brooch pinback, accompanied by its 10 mm x 36 mm Ribbon Bar and