Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class For 25 Years, With Case Auction Archive 700 soldiers

700 soldiers

both unmarked and measuring 40 mm (w) x 70 mm (l)

A 1935 Reichstagung Düsseldorf badge (6-11

in case of issue (case in good condition

thick smooth finished chocolate-coloured leather tab stitched in place on the underside on the left end

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class For 25 Years, With Case Auction Archive 700 soldiers(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei I. Klasse fr 25 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 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 bearing a raised inscription of FR