Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, II Class for 18 Years Auction Archive but it was the Academy

but it was the Academy from which he derived his greatest enthusiasm and in which he formed his most enduring friendships

(Un-named) With patina

especially in this condition

17 mm x 31 mm

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, II Class for 18 Years Auction Archive but it was the Academy(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei II. Klasse fr 18 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, stitched into a parade mount, 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 reverse