Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years
(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei, I. Klasse für 25 Jahre). Instituted 20 January 1938. (1938-1944 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from a postwar replacement ribbon, consisting of a Cross Pattée with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central 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 medallion overlaid by a raised inscription of “FÜR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER POLIZEI” (“FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE POLICE”), unmarked, measuring 43.16 mm (w) x 47.96 mm (h), weighing 23.2 grams, in extremely fine condition.

