Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Decoration, Iii Class For 8 Years Archive and rests upon a protruding

and rests upon a protruding black vulcanfibre visor

with the typical die-flaw on “9”

The badge presents a circular shape created by a pristinely scaled snake whose head is consuming it’s tail at 6 o’clock (a symbol of immortality)

the cornerstone was laid

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Decoration, Iii Class For 8 Years Archive and rests upon a protruding(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei, III. Klasse fr 8 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, 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 number 8, circumscribed by an