Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Ordnungspolizei Long Service Decoration, Ii Class For 18 Years Archive 8 Recce Beret (with a

8 Recce Beret (with a finely textured black wool exterior

the belt measuring 55 mm wide x 985 mm in length

the obverse with a standard pilot’s badge motive within a thick wreath

1928 in Raleigh

all with surface rust on the reverse

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Ordnungspolizei Long Service Decoration, Ii Class For 18 Years Archive 8 Recce Beret (with a(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei, II. Klasse fr 18 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, 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 inscription