Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years with Case Hold Connecticut until July 1941

Connecticut until July 1941

measuring 210 mm (w) x 45 mm (h)

An additional pocket at the upper right flap remains sealed with stitching

Office of Chief of Engineers (octagonal version)

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years with Case Hold Connecticut until July 1941(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei II. Klasse fr 18 Jahre mit Etui). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1944). 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 central 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 bearing central oval