Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Decoration, I Class For 25 Years Newly Listed 140 mm x 243 mm

140 mm x 243 mm

A scarce SS Fez of the 13th Handschar Division - This fez is an American "Vet bring back"  and has remained untouched since the war

a bronze cross pattee with a central silvered bronze applique

he was posted to "H" Wing at the Canadian Concentration Camp at Kinmel Park

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Decoration, I Class For 25 Years Newly Listed 140 mm x 243 mm(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 disc