Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police 8-Year Long Service Award Archive reverse lower arm engraved 1944

reverse lower arm engraved 1944

This scarce cap is in an overall near extremely fine condition

black nylon-lined side entry pockets on both hips

the inside pages have detached from the binding

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police 8-Year Long Service Award Archive reverse lower arm engraved 1944(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei, III. Klasse 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 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 number 8, circumscribed by an