Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years, with Case Hold An example of a 1940

An example of a 1940 manufcture HJ Knife

through proxy

It measures 205 mm x 135 mm

by “Sorlini

decisiveness and executive ability

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years, with Case Hold An example of a 1940(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei I. Stufe fr 25 Jahre mit Etui). 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 a raised German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika and overlaying an oval oak leaf wreath, the reverse bearing a