Germany, Third Reich. A Police Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years, with Case Hold The Order of Danilo c

The Order of Danilo c

measuring 252 mm with the scabbard on

With corresponding original award documents: award document for the Iron Cross Second Class 1870 Second Class

48 mm x 84 mm

Germany, Third Reich. A Police Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years, with Case Hold The Order of Danilo c(Dienstauszeichnung 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 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 oval