Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Award, III Class for 8 Years consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The throat is retained by

The throat is retained by two fairly large original dome head brass screws

June 1945 (already in US captivity)

A rare award document to a recipient of the Stalin Prize

chipping evident in the red enamels on the obverse centrepiece and on the reverse centrepiece ring

Second Class Star with Swords

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Award, III Class for 8 Years consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The throat is retained by(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei III. Klasse fr 8 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing an 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 number 8 circumscribed by an inscription of FR