Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years Auction Archive each adjusted in the middle

each adjusted in the middle by a gilded bronze buckle consisting of two raised lion heads

joined together at the bottom by lauren branches

3 mm (w) x 68 mm (h) inclusive of its crossed swords suspension

he was returned to the United States on November 21

on Ladys bow style ribbon

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years Auction Archive each adjusted in the middle(Dienstauszeichnungen der Polizei I. Klasse fr 25 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1944 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 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 oval medallion