Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years, with Case and Ribbon Bar Republic of the reverse with an inscription

the reverse with an inscription of “FÜR TAPFERKEIT UND TREUE” (“FOR BRAVERY AND LOYALTY”) inside of a laurel wreath

worn by civil pilots circa 1945-1950: two-piece construction

the author has sought to a considerable degree to assemble the viable truth of events

Stitched onto the centre of the pak and cap band is an insignia in the form of a padded dark blue wool backer bearing a hand-embroidered gold bullion wire oak leaf wreath and tri-colour cockade

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years, with Case and Ribbon Bar Republic of the reverse with an inscription(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei I. Klasse fr 25 Jahre mit Etui und Bandschnalle). 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 overlaid by a raised Ordnungspolizei insignia in the form of an oval oak leaf wreath bearing a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse overlaid by an