Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, II Class for 18 Years Hold passing away in 1965)

passing away in 1965)

53 mm x 114 mm

the reverse depicting a 1914 Iron Cross

measuring 341 mm in length

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, II Class for 18 Years Hold passing away in 1965)(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei II. Klasse fr 18 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, stitched into a parade mount, 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