Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A German Police 18-Year Long Service Cross Newly Listed silver wash on obverse worn

silver wash on obverse worn off

a gilt stippled ground bearing a pastiche of Mount Rushmore encircled by a gilt-edged white enamel belt inscribed in gilt letters ‘L’UNION RENFORCE LA VALEUR’ (Unity reinforces bravery)

measuring 23 x 33 inches

measuring 85 mm x 75 mm

1922 and served aboard the Torpedo Boat (Schnellboot) S26 within the 1st Schnellbootsflottille as a Obermaschienenmaat (Naval Petty Officer Tenchician)

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A German Police 18-Year Long Service Cross Newly Listed silver wash on obverse worn(Dienstauszeichnung fr Treue Dienste in der Polizei). Constructed of silvered bronze, presenting as a Cross Patte with bordered arms, obverse with central Ordnungspolizei style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, on top of an oval oak leaf wreath, reverse with inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER POLIZEI (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE POLICE), unmarked, measuring 43. 22 mm (w) x 48. 01 mm (h), on loop for suspension from its