Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Decoration, I Class for 25 Years Archive measuring 22 cm (w) x

measuring 22 cm (w) x 28

an Intelligence Officer assigned to the 11th Australian Infantry Brigade

eagle measures 80x70mm (entire badge measures 90x95mm)

inscribed “Sincere Et Constanter” (Latin - Sincere and persistent)

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Decoration, I Class for 25 Years Archive measuring 22 cm (w) x(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei, I. Klasse fr 25 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central 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 raised