Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Decoration, Ii Class For 18 Years GTRexclude 87 mm (h) and weighing

87 mm (h) and weighing 17

measuring 240 mm (w) x 170 mm (h)

good quality early issue

with the usual in and out runner marks

numerous operations against the enemy in the course of which he has invariably displayed the utmost fortitude courage and devotion to duty"

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Decoration, Ii Class For 18 Years GTRexclude 87 mm (h) and weighing(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 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 raised