Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class For 25 Years, With Case Auction Archive both unmarked and measuring 47

both unmarked and measuring 47 mm (w) x 115 mm (l)

measuring 350 mm in length when inserted into the scabbard

superbly enameled

lightly scuffed and exhibiting two pieces of tape residue on the exterior

four with a push pin

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class For 25 Years, With Case Auction Archive both unmarked and measuring 47(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei I. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 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 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 raised inscription