Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (1864-1906 Issue)

(1864-1906 Issue)

overlaying an oval ring bearing an inscription of “K

unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a documented variation produced by an unknown manufacturer as examined on pages 556-561 of “The Iron Cross 1 Class” by Dietrich Maerz and George Stimson (2010)

then transferred to the Canadian Convalescent Convalescent at Bromley on June 22nd for thirteen weeks recuperation

silhouette visible on its original ribbon where the officer's rosette once resided

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (1864-1906 Issue)(Dienstauszeichnungen der Polizei I. Klasse fr 25 Jahre). 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 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 oval medallion