Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Cross, Ii Class For 18 Years certificate_of_authenticity engraved in capitals "JOHN D

engraved in capitals "JOHN D

with paper wrapper

48 mm (w) x 37

better known as a "police action"

Blood Order ribbon

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Cross, Ii Class For 18 Years certificate_of_authenticity engraved in capitals "JOHN D(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei, II. Klasse fr 18 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, 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 bearing a central raised inscription