Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years, with Case Archive w/Swords 1913-18 - in silvered

w/Swords 1913-18 - in silvered copper

the reverse centre bears the inscription “VIETNAM”

maker marked with H-H

overall enamel wear from use

engraved with an ornate design that also incorporates the wavy zig-zag design throughout

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years, with Case Archive w/Swords 1913-18 - in silvered(Dienstauszeichnung 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 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