Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A 25-Year Long Service Medal With Case Auction with an added vertical pinback

with an added vertical pinback

measuring 39 mm (h) x 29

Territorial scroll  (2216871 SPR

Italy also awarded him the Italian Gold Medal of Military Valor

106 mm x 147 mm

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A 25-Year Long Service Medal With Case Auction with an added vertical pinback(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei fr 25 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse with a raised central Ordnungspolizei insignia, the reverse with a central oval medallion bearing a raised inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER POLIZEI (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE POLICE), unmarked, measuring 43.