Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Ordnungspolizei Long Service Medal, Iii Class For 8 Years, With Case GTRexclude Paper packet of issue

Paper packet of issue

small crease at the bottom right of the photo that affects the white border

5 mm (w) x 45 mm (h) inclusive of its integral ring

most of the gilding present

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Ordnungspolizei Long Service Medal, Iii Class For 8 Years, With Case GTRexclude Paper packet of issue(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei III. Klasse fr 8 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, 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 raised number 8, circumscribed by