Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Medal, Iii Class For 8 Years, With Case Newly Listed resulting in him being awarded

resulting in him being awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the German Eagle in Gold

measuring 90 mm (w) x 46 mm (h)

Fearlessly leading his men on to join the forces fighting desperately to gain a beachhead

Life at Stalag XIIIC became grim as the war neared its end

The vulcanfibre visor exhibits chips on the front edge

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Medal, Iii Class For 8 Years, With Case Newly Listed resulting in him being awarded(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei, III. Klasse fr 8 Jahre mit Etui). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, 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 a raised inscription of FR