Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Ordnungspolizei Long Service Decoration, Ii Class For 18 Years United Republic of Footnote: The Bread Riots (broodoproer)

Footnote: The Bread Riots (broodoproer) took place in response to the severe food shortages

the wire fed through a small loop on the front

a National Socialist War Victim’s Care membership badge

1939-1945 Star and Africa Star

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Ordnungspolizei Long Service Decoration, Ii Class For 18 Years United Republic of Footnote: The Bread Riots (broodoproer)(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei, II. Klasse fr 18 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a 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 raised inscription