Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, II Class for 18 Years Hold presented on a 77 mm-long

presented on a 77 mm-long magnetic metal bar with horizontal pinback and grey wool liner on reverse

the fringe composed of multiple long strands of cord held in place by a reinforcing strip stitched in place to the body of the flag

It was conceived in 1841 and the concept came from nineteenth-century war fighting groups that had the same common interests

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Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, II Class for 18 Years Hold presented on a 77 mm-long(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei II. Klasse fr 18 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). 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 central Ordnungspolizei insignia in the form of an oval oak leaf wreath bearing a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse overlaid by a central oval medallion