Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Decoration, Iii Class For 8 Years Hold 1st Canadian Division Helmet -

1st Canadian Division Helmet - Early-issued version of the infantry helmet

Accompanied by fourteen pages with copies of his Index Cards

515 of the badges were issued

numbered "B109787" on the reverse

also some personal letters to comrades and family

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Decoration, Iii Class For 8 Years Hold 1st Canadian Division Helmet -(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei III. Stufe fr 8 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, 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 with a central raised number 8, circumscribed by an