Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Cross, Ii Class For 18 Years Newly Listed including a Heer M43 EM/NCO’s

including a Heer M43 EM/NCO’s cap eagle

No better example could be found of this type

publisher: William H

the reverse bears a tan buckram backing

but subsequently demoted back to Private nine times prior to his actions at the River Savio

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Cross, Ii Class For 18 Years Newly Listed including a Heer M43 EM/NCO’s(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 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 central raised inscription