Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Decoration, Ii Class For 18 Years GTRexclude numerous operations against the enemy

numerous operations against the enemy in the course of which he has invariably displayed the utmost fortitude courage and devotion to duty"

the exterior cover bearing conjoined coats of arms of Budweis

"Unsere Wehrmacht in Böhmen und Mähren" (Our Armed Forces in Bohemia and Moravia) (issue: March 23

good quality early issue

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Decoration, Ii Class For 18 Years GTRexclude numerous operations against the enemy(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei, II. Klasse fr 18 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from a period replacement ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a 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