Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Ordnungspolizei Long Service Cross, I Class For 25 Years, With Case Newly Listed his comrade

his comrade

arriving at the Canadian Base Depot on the 9th

maker marked “Paulmann & Crone

a very fine quality example

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Ordnungspolizei Long Service Cross, I Class For 25 Years, With Case Newly Listed his comrade(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei, I. Klasse fr 25 Jahre mit Etui). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central raised Ordnungspolizei insignia, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER POLIZEI (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE POLICE), unmarked, measuring 43.