Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Decoration, I Class for 25 Years Archive reverse illustrating Holy Roman Emperor

reverse illustrating Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II surrounded by twelve figures at his Coronation at Frankfurt on April 3

inscribed “Sincere Et Constanter” (Latin - Sincere and persistent)

qualifying him to drive a motor vehicle with a combustion engine

Instituted 1928

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Decoration, I Class for 25 Years Archive reverse illustrating Holy Roman Emperor(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei, I. Klasse fr 25 Jahre). 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