Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Medal, Iii Class For 8 Years, With Case Newly Listed The vulcanfibre visor exhibits chips

The vulcanfibre visor exhibits chips on the front edge

During transit

resulting in him being awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the German Eagle in Gold

Life at Stalag XIIIC became grim as the war neared its end

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Medal, Iii Class For 8 Years, With Case Newly Listed The vulcanfibre visor exhibits chips(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei, III. Klasse fr 8 Jahre mit Etui). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, 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 with a central raised number 8, circumscribed by a raised inscription of FR