Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Decoration, I Class for 25 Years Hold (TB - 51879 DVR

(TB - 51879 DVR

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

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A German Cross in Gold by Zimmermann - by maker 20 (Zimmermann)

accompanying support plate in silver with a dark patina

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Decoration, I Class for 25 Years Hold (TB - 51879 DVR(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