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 Footnote: James Thomas Cheshire was

Footnote: James Thomas Cheshire was born on May 24

constructed of constructed of bakelite

marked "STERLING" in two locations on the reverse

They were partially a secret intelligence group who were also responsible for controlling occupied territories

58 mm (w) x 69

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 Footnote: James Thomas Cheshire was(Dienstauszeichnungen 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 its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patt with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central 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