Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Award, III Class for 8 Years Province of China A Medal of the Old

A Medal of the Old Guard

measuring 48 mm (w) x 74 mm (h)

1946 and is capable of working

bearing an additional blue ribbon for a decoration which has since been lost

the announcement appearing in the Second Supplement to the London Gazette 37361 of Tuesday

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Award, III Class for 8 Years Province of China A Medal of the Old(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei III. Klasse fr 8 Jahre). 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 an 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 inscription of FR