United States. A Department Of The Air Force Decoration For Exceptional Civilian Service, Cased Archive when he signed his second

when he signed his second Attestation Paper as a Private (757913)

and Netherlands: Order of Orange-Nassau

with handwritten "A

Footnote: The Order claims descent from Godfrey de Bouillon and the knights who protected the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem at the time of the first Crusade

Purdy's men spent a miserable night marching through swampy woods in pouring rain

United States. A Department Of The Air Force Decoration For Exceptional Civilian Service, Cased Archive when he signed his secondFullsize in bronze gilt, measuring 37. 8 mm in diameter, original ribbon with brooch pinback; and Miniature in bronze gilt, measuring 19. 2 mm in diameter, original ribbon with dual push pins. Extremely fine. Accompanied by its 35. 5 mm (w) x 10 mm ribbon bar with dual push pins and its 12. 5 mm in diameter rosette with push pin, in its hardshelled case of issue, marked "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" on the lid, case also extremely fine. Footnote: The