Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Decoration, Ii Class For 18 Years GTRexclude 53 mm x 108 mm

53 mm x 108 mm

then posted to the Canadian Discharge Depot at Buxton on July 19th for return to Canada

A well preserved example of a Life Saving Medal (Rettungsmedaille) of the Free City of Hamburg

a Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt (National Socialist People’s Welfare) pin

He was decorated with the Iron Cross 2nd and 1st Class during the war

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Decoration, Ii Class For 18 Years GTRexclude 53 mm x 108 mm(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 a central raised