Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Decoration, Iii Class For 8 Years Auction Archive and in fitted case of

and in fitted case of issue

The blade is nice and bright

1872-1922 issue

measuring 84 mm x 50 mm

the centre obverse presents a left-facing eagle head surrounded by a wreath of laurel leaves featuring a static swastika at the bottom

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Decoration, Iii Class For 8 Years Auction Archive and in fitted case of(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei III. Stufe 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 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 with a central raised number 8, circumscribed by an