Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, Ii Class For 18 Years Newly Listed A round gilt bronze medal

A round gilt bronze medal

with a cream-coloured striped rayon blended liner along the waste-band

number 274499 and entitled to a War Service Gratuity of $183

surface rust evident on the frame

marked “Ges Gesch” and maker marked “B” on reverse

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, Ii Class For 18 Years Newly Listed A round gilt bronze medal(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 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 medallion