Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Ordnungspolizei Long Service Medal, Iii Class For 8 Years, With Case GTRexclude most of the gilding present

most of the gilding present

small crease at the bottom right of the photo that affects the white border

around dual bands of brown threading

the top button placed under the right side collar

hollow with horizontal pinback

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Ordnungspolizei Long Service Medal, Iii Class For 8 Years, With Case GTRexclude most of the gilding present(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 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 number 8, circumscribed by