Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Decoration, I Class For 25 Years Newly Listed The book measures 215 mm

The book measures 215 mm (w) x 302 mm (h)

For his efforts he was awarded the German Cross in Gold for successfully putting an end to Partisan operations in Belarus in the middle section of the Front

he is officially listed as having "Died of Disease" (DOD) on October 5

with field-gray finish

(Hausorden von Hohenzollern

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Decoration, I Class For 25 Years Newly Listed The book measures 215 mm(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei, I. Klasse fr 25 Jahre). 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 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 disc