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 the perimeter of the cap

the perimeter of the cap trimmed in a flowing thistle-pattern design

the blade stamped with the maker’s mark of Besteckfabrik Guertler

the reverse of one tab bears the remnants of a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label

the obverse bearing a raised Reichsnährstand (RNST) insignia

1" in red ink

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 the perimeter of the cap(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei I. Klasse fr 25 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1944 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, 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 eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse overlaid by a central oval