Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years Auction distinguished for their unique merits

distinguished for their unique merits of expertise

Footnote: Exhaustive research by Daniel Krause

as he was removed from the Dangerously Ill List two days later

The flaps close with a metal zipper (rendered non-functional by the loss of the slider’s tab) which

(Flieger-Erinnerungsabzeichen

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years Auction distinguished for their unique merits(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei I. Klasse fr 25 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1944 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with embroidered device, consisting of a Cross Patte 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 overlaid