Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Decoration, I Class For 25 Years Newly Listed The reverse bears the mark

The reverse bears the mark “ALCOSO ACS SOLINGEN” (Alcoso Alexander Coppel

L'Iphigenie (silvered and gilt bronze with red

Ostpreußen (East Prussia)

Not everyone owned one

A Feldpost envelope

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Decoration, I Class For 25 Years Newly Listed The reverse bears the mark(Dienstauszeichnung 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 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 oval disc