Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Mint Police Long Service Award, III Class for 8 Years, with Case Auction Archive " and maker marked "BISHOP

" and maker marked "BISHOP BRISBANE" on the reverse

the tie that binds the two ends of the headband at the rear having been lost to time

Germany (Third Reich): Reich Labour Service (Reichsarbeitsdienst = RAD) Cap Insignia (red

with the cut out piece of the uniform remaining attached to the underside of the eagle

while his unit was engaged near Budapest

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Mint Police Long Service Award, III Class for 8 Years, with Case Auction Archive " and maker marked "BISHOP(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