Germany, Third Reich. A Police Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years, with Case Hold 48 mm x 84 mm

48 mm x 84 mm

5mm (w) x 12mm (h)

the suspension loop maker marked “KO” for a widely-document but unidentified manufacturer

" in Latin at the right

measuring 252 mm with the scabbard on

Germany, Third Reich. A Police Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years, with Case Hold 48 mm x 84 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