Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years, with Case Province of China previously mounted

previously mounted

including a 1921 Geestenseth eighth place medal

the paper backer measuring 23

the suspension loop maker marked “KO” for an as of yet unidentified manufacturer

with chain from aluminium

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years, with Case Province of China previously mounted(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