Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A 18-Year Long Service Cross Archive badge weighs 43

badge weighs 43

It is a bilingual ID

scattered spotting on the reverse of the disk and cyphers

CO" on the reverse

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A 18-Year Long Service Cross Archive badge weighs 43(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei fr 18 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse overlaid by a raised Ordnungspolizei insignia, the reverse with an oval medallion bearing an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER POLIZEI (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE POLICE), unmarked, measuring 43. 22 mm (w) x 48. 43