Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, II Class for 18 Years, with Case Newly Listed 20 mm in diameter

20 mm in diameter

firing at Japanese planes and downing one

a white enamelled double headed eagle with delicate wings

and is credited with having served in the Second World War

A total of 920 medals were then awarded to the NWMP

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, II Class for 18 Years, with Case Newly Listed 20 mm in diameter(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei II. Klasse fr 18 Jahre mit Etui). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered 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