Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Medal, Iii Class For 8 Years, With Case Newly Listed 37 mm (w) x 65

37 mm (w) x 65

Badge in die struck solid GOLD and enameled star

resulting in him being awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the German Eagle in Gold

large rosette on an original ribbon with dual prong pinback

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Medal, Iii Class For 8 Years, With Case Newly Listed 37 mm (w) x 65(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei, III. Klasse fr 8 Jahre mit Etui). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, 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 with a central raised number 8, circumscribed by a raised inscription of FR