Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Mint Police Long Service Award, III Class for 8 Years, with Case GTRexclude 3 mm (w) x 60

3 mm (w) x 60 mm (h - inclusive of swivel crown)

Flight Engineer

bordered by the inscription GOTT WAR MIT UNS

a very few examples had the "Sun Eagle" insignia affixed to the front

he still exerted major influence on its policies and agendas

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Mint Police Long Service Award, III Class for 8 Years, with Case GTRexclude 3 mm (w) x 60(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei III. Klasse fr 8 Jahre mit Etui). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, 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 number 8 circumscribed by an