Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An 8-Year Long Service Award certificate_of_authenticity this force

this force

measuring 105 mm (w) x 152 mm (h)

residue evident on the obverse of the CFD from cleaning

weighing 78 grams

Simon's Church in Toronto

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An 8-Year Long Service Award certificate_of_authenticity this force(Dienstauszeichungen der Polizei, III Klasse fr 8 Jahre). 1938 1945 issue. Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN