Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years, with Case Archive an additional strap wrapped around

an additional strap wrapped around the neck and secured in place by a buckle

with a small party of men

but before being elected had to explain omissions about his service during the Second War in his biography

overall enamel wear from use

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years, with Case Archive an additional strap wrapped around(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei I. Klasse fr 25 Jahre mit Etui). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1944 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a raised Ordnungspolizei insignia in the form of an oval oak leaf wreath overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse overlaid by a central oval