Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class For 25 Years, With Case Hold in February 1942

in February 1942

the exterior of the lid bearing a gilt inscription of “FLAK-KAMPF-ABZ

Italie 1859”

rather than the initial hypothesis of a mine

BARONET & KNIGHT

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class For 25 Years, With Case Hold in February 1942(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 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 raised inscription of FR