Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Decoration, Ii Class For 18 Years GTRexclude a white cardboard insert placed

a white cardboard insert placed within the base and housing a raised platform in black felt with a recessed medal bed and slotted medal bed for the Badge and Breast Star respectively

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From 1981 onward the flying elements were concentrated into an aviation-brigade

it mentions the award of the Civil Decoration

circumscribed “Constantiae et Patriae Amori” (Latin - For constant love for country)

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Decoration, Ii Class For 18 Years GTRexclude a white cardboard insert placed(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei, II. Klasse fr 18 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from a period replacement 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 an inscription of FR TREUE