Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, II Class for 18 Years, with Case Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (Verdienstkreuz am Bande des Verdienstordens)

(Verdienstkreuz am Bande des Verdienstordens)

the Knights Commander was conferred on 94 individuals

that also been lost to time

Medal presented at Buckingham Palace 18th May 1943

wooden framed with black leather exterior

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, II Class for 18 Years, with Case Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (Verdienstkreuz am Bande des Verdienstordens)(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei II. Klasse fr 18 Jahre mit Etui). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a 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 overlaid by a central oval