Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, II Class for 18 Years Hold 2nd Type (Cr SGt J

2nd Type (Cr SGt J

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presented on a 77 mm-long magnetic metal bar with horizontal pinback and grey wool liner on reverse

It was conceived in 1841 and the concept came from nineteenth-century war fighting groups that had the same common interests

with four national eagles (Hoheitszeichen) separately applied between each of the four arms of the cross

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, II Class for 18 Years Hold 2nd Type (Cr SGt J(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei II. Klasse fr 18 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). 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 central Ordnungspolizei insignia in the form of an oval oak leaf wreath bearing a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse overlaid by a central oval medallion