Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years, with Case Province of China with chain from aluminium

with chain from aluminium

the paper backer measuring 23

previously mounted

including a 1921 Geestenseth eighth place medal

East Sussex (1992)

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years, with Case Province of China with chain from aluminium(Dienstauszeichnungen 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 Patt with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central 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 oval disc