Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Award, II Class for 18 Years visually-hidden with a cockade in the

with a cockade in the centre

two rings between each link

iron core and silver frame (bottom marked “800”)

marked with the LDO (Administration of German Orders Manufacturers) insignia and maker stamped in blue ink "L/52" (C

the reverse of the pinback demonstrating an unusual double maker’s mark in the form of Präsidialkanzlei code “100” and LDO code “L/55”

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Award, II Class for 18 Years visually-hidden with a cockade in the(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 post war replacement ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central 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 oval