Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Decoration, Iii Class For 8 Years Newly Listed The center of the star

The center of the star consists of a silver center plaque depicting a crowned lion in wavy seas

black mesh reinforced backer

3 mm (w) x 16 mm (h)

107 mm x 165 mm x 9

in defensive positions

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Decoration, Iii Class For 8 Years Newly Listed The center of the star(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei III. Stufe 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 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 with a central raised number 8, circumscribed by an