Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Decoration, I Class For 25 Years certificate_of_authenticity in May 1917

in May 1917

BERLIN SW 29”

on loop for suspension from period original red ribbon with wide

also with 925 silver hallmark

After ten days at Abbeville

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Decoration, I Class For 25 Years certificate_of_authenticity in May 1917(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei I. Klasse fr 25 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte 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 medallion