Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Decoration, Ii Class For 18 Years GTRexclude circumscribed “Constantiae et Patriae Amori”

circumscribed “Constantiae et Patriae Amori” (Latin - For constant love for country)

Garrick Esquire 1773

but the smock is in an otherwise near extremely fine condition

116th Infantry Regiment

the reverse with a maker’s mark of “C

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Decoration, Ii Class For 18 Years GTRexclude circumscribed “Constantiae et Patriae Amori”(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 an inscription of FR TREUE