Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Award, III Class for 8 Years Archive measuring 54 mm x 45

measuring 54 mm x 45 mm

( B-802031 R

the exterior of the lid with a Royal Crown and the Royal cypher of King Vittorio Emanuele in raised gilt

with ribbed construction paper cover bearing an impressed and painted wreath on the exterior

each medal sewn to a black felt strip

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Award, III Class for 8 Years Archive measuring 54 mm x 45(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei III. Klasse fr 8 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing an Ordnungspolizei insignia in the form of an oval oak leaf wreath overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central number 8 circumscribed by an inscription of FR