Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years, on Parade Mount Archive 5 mm x 86 mm

5 mm x 86 mm

plate measuring at 7

the obverse bearing a central white enameled disc overlaid by a Prussian imperial eagle

traces of the original copper-coloured gilt remains

A Stahlhelmbund NSDAP-period member’s armband

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years, on Parade Mount Archive 5 mm x 86 mm(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei I. Stufe fr 25 Jahre an Einzelspange). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1944 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to a single parade mount style bar with a horizontal pinback, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse overlaid by a central raised Ordnungspolizei insignia in the form of an oval oak leaf wreath bearing a German national