Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A 18-Year Long Service Cross United Republic of He was from the Shanandoah

He was from the Shanandoah Valley in Virginia and originally joined the 116th Infantry Regiment in the 1930s

measuring 90 mm x 68 mm

and continued to be awarded until the final abolition of the monarchy in 1973

And the Lancasters wanted the Mosquitoes to fly information with them over there at tree-top level

on a military personnel and police ribbon)

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A 18-Year Long Service Cross United Republic of He was from the Shanandoah(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei fr 18 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse overlaid by a raised Ordnungspolizei insignia, the reverse with an oval medallion bearing an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER POLIZEI (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE POLICE), unmarked, measuring 43. 22 mm (w) x 48. 43