Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Award, I Class For 25 Years certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: St

Footnote: St

the obverse bears a central black enamel iron cross paty

constructed of cardstock with a faux blue leather exterior liner

He worked as a commercial sailor before joining the Reichsmarine in 1932

mounted to a cross base

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Award, I Class For 25 Years certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: St(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei, I. Klasse fr 25 Jahre). Instituted 20 January 1938. (1938 1944 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from a postwar replacement 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 medallion