Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years with Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac She asked to be painted

She asked to be painted by him and was disappointed when he refused

Lieutenant General Winfield Scott denied Berdan's request because he feared the issuance of Sharps rifles would lead to a waste of ammunition

4 mm (w) x 48

(Non-Permanent): George V

13cm x 8cm

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years with Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac She asked to be painted(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei, I. Klasse fr 25 Jahre mit Etui). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1944 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from a replacement 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 oval disc