Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police 18-Year Long Service Cross With Case Hold mounted to thick cardboard backers

mounted to thick cardboard backers with production stamps on their reverses

the Iron Cross not attached to the ribbon - the rest suspended from their period original ribbons

1870) was a World War I veteran

1 mm (w) x 67

the majority of the original silver finish on the bigger badge lost

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police 18-Year Long Service Cross With Case Hold mounted to thick cardboard backers(Dienstauszeichnung fr Treue Dienste in der Polizei). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback and Ordnungspolizei (Order Police) insignia, presenting as a Cross Patte with bordered arms, obverse with central Ordnungspolizei style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, on top of an oval oak leaf wreath, reverse with inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER POLIZEI