Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Decoration, Ii Class For 18 Years Auction Archive on a black ribbon with

on a black ribbon with two white stripes

"there is no serious intention to abandon their (the German military's) policy of reaction unless military failure or the indecisive prolongation of the war threatens a fresh deterioration in the morale of German and Austrian public opinion"

and Their Companions" by Eric Valentine

to a Czechoslovak Legion Soldier in Italy (in bronze

The Naval heroes range from the seaman who remained inside the sinking SAS President Hruger to rescue friends

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Decoration, Ii Class For 18 Years Auction Archive on a black ribbon with(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