Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Decoration, Ii Class For 18 Years GTRexclude BLACK & CO

BLACK & CO

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

it mentions the award of the Civil Decoration

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Decoration, Ii Class For 18 Years GTRexclude BLACK & CO(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