Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An 18-Year Long Service Award, with Case Auction Archive whether there was a shortage

whether there was a shortage of horses in England and the state of British manpower

maker marked "MK" and engraved "20-6-43

Instituted 1862

inscribed in black Fraktur script

suspended from a 110 mm long chain

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An 18-Year Long Service Award, with Case Auction Archive whether there was a shortage(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei II. Klasse fr 18 Jahre mit Etui). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from a period replacement ribbon with horizontal pinback, 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