Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Cross, Ii Class For 18 Years Hold museum tag affixed to reverse

museum tag affixed to reverse inscribed "CM-B 1195"

Joseph (John on roll) Taylor served as a Gunner aboard H

20" (49cm) in length

218 mm x 297 mm x 24 mm in depth

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Cross, Ii Class For 18 Years Hold museum tag affixed to reverse(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