Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, II Class for 18 Years Auction The bicorne measures 146 mm

The bicorne measures 146 mm (w) x 359 mm (l) x 148 mm (h)

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scattered silvering wear on the Civil Merit Medal

retaining a fully-intact black doeskin backer

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Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, II Class for 18 Years Auction The bicorne measures 146 mm(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei II. Klasse fr 18 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from a period replacement ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, 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 bearing a central oval