Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years, with Case Auction Archive consisting of four hidden black

consisting of four hidden black bakelite buttons on the right side meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the left

The Seaforth suffered grievously and 54 survivors fell into enemy hands

OPPY-FRESNOY / CAMBRAI 18 / ELOUGE 18 / A

on a 43 mm pin

measuring 23 mm (w) x 27 mm (h)

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years, with Case Auction Archive consisting of four hidden black(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