Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Decoration, Ii Class For 18 Years Auction Archive encompassed by the inscription “ELIZABETH

encompassed by the inscription “ELIZABETH II D

in bronze with green enamels

to a Czechoslovak Legion Soldier in Italy (in bronze

Strachwitz earned the Knight’s Cross on August 28

A 1934/35 Winterhilfswerk “Hebt nationale Solidarität” badge

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Decoration, Ii Class For 18 Years Auction Archive encompassed by the inscription “ELIZABETH(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 a central raised