Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class For 25 Years, With Case Hold Italie 1859”

Italie 1859”

BARONET & KNIGHT

Two brown synthetic straps create the chin strap

Birchall had been tasked with locating any Italian vessels still in Canadian waters as the outbreak of war became imminent

the reverse with “Kriegsgefangenen Lager 174667”

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class For 25 Years, With Case Hold Italie 1859”(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei I. Klasse fr 25 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 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 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 raised inscription of FR