Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Decoration, III Class for 8 Years

(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei, III. Klasse für 8 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938-1945). 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 raised number “8”, circumscribed by an inscription of “FÜR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER POLIZEI” (“FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE POLICE”), unmarked, measuring 38.16 mm in diameter, weighing 22.2 grams (inclusive of ribbon), in extremely fine condition.