Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years, on Parade Mount GTRexclude NEW YORK" maker mark above

NEW YORK" maker mark above the medal

But the Securitate was still Dej's instrument of choice

edged by bright orange Waffenfarbe piping

the scabbard measuring 560 mm in length

reverse marked 938 GODET

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years, on Parade Mount GTRexclude NEW YORK" maker mark above(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei I. Stufe fr 25 Jahre an Einzelspange). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1944 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to a single parade mount style bar with a horizontal pinback, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse overlaid by a central raised Ordnungspolizei insignia in the form of an oval oak leaf wreath bearing a German national