Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Cross, Ii Class For 18 Years Auction joining the 1st Battalion

joining the 1st Battalion

measuring 160 mm (w) x 110 mm (h) overall

when he accompanied a raiding party of the 7th Can: Inf

the reverse is plain and marked “L5336” “GES GESCH 800”

along with a loop sewn in place at the collar for hanging the blouse from a hook

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Cross, Ii Class For 18 Years Auction joining the 1st Battalion(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei, II. Klasse fr 18 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original trifold 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