Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Award, III Class for 8 Years visually-hidden 43mm (w) x 48

43mm (w) x 48

The son of Admiral Costanzo Ciano (a founding member of the National Fascist Party)

He survived the war and later returned to the United States

7 Stationary Hospital at Camiers on December 6

Rall's signature in silver-coloured ink below his image

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Award, III Class for 8 Years visually-hidden 43mm (w) x 48(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei III. Klasse fr 8 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered tombak, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing an 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 number 8, circumscribed by an inscription of FR TREUE