Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Decoration, Ii Class For 18 Years GTRexclude the reverse with a maker’s

the reverse with a maker’s mark of “C

it mentions the award of the Civil Decoration

58 Casualty Clearing Station the same day

The blade's reverse ricasso is maker marked ROBt KLAAS SOLINGEN with the company's kissing cranes emblem

From 1981 onward the flying elements were concentrated into an aviation-brigade

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Decoration, Ii Class For 18 Years GTRexclude the reverse with a maker’s(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei, II. Klasse fr 18 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from a period replacement 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 an inscription of FR TREUE