Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Mint Police Long Service Award, III Class for 8 Years, with Case GTRexclude she was assigned to escort

she was assigned to escort convoys heading to the Soviet Union over the following months

3 mm (w) x 60 mm (h - inclusive of swivel crown)

1953 while Group Captain

with seven die-holes placed along the longer edge on one side

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Mint Police Long Service Award, III Class for 8 Years, with Case GTRexclude she was assigned to escort(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei III. Klasse fr 8 Jahre mit Etui). 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 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 number 8 circumscribed by an