Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Ordnungspolizei Long Service Medal, Iii Class For 8 Years, With Case GTRexclude suspended from the national eagle

suspended from the national eagle with imperial crown also in Gold

The visor itself is constructed of lacquered black vulcanfibre

73-C-18014 / Phila

the catch and hinge are original to this cross

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Ordnungspolizei Long Service Medal, Iii Class For 8 Years, With Case GTRexclude suspended from the national eagle(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei III. Klasse fr 8 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, 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 with a central raised number 8, circumscribed by an inscription of