Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Decoration, I Class for 25 Years Hold the badge of his Order

the badge of his Order came loose from its collar and fell to the ground

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consistent with wartime usage

one of a thick paper stock with seven columns of characters in black ink

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Decoration, I Class for 25 Years Hold the badge of his Order(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 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 bearing a central raised