Germany, Third Reich. A Police Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years, with Case Hold 106 mm x 162 mm

106 mm x 162 mm

48 mm x 84 mm

5mm (w) x 12mm (h)

the reverse with mirrored design depicting a central enameled white rose

and the throat’s spring catch has weakened

Germany, Third Reich. A Police Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years, with Case Hold 106 mm x 162 mm(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, 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 bearing a central oval