Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class For 25 Years, With Case certificate_of_authenticity clearly wearing a 1939 Iron

clearly wearing a 1939 Iron Cross Ribbon

He joined the Waffen-SS in May 1935

measures 13 mm (w) x 21 mm (h)

the obverse bearing a raised pillbox topped by a crossed sword and shovel and a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

the panel is stitched with an additional insignia consisting of a dark navy blue rayon backer bearing a machine-embroidered tricolour cockade

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class For 25 Years, With Case certificate_of_authenticity clearly wearing a 1939 Iron(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 inscription