Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police 8-Year Long Service Award GTRexclude STAATSMÜNZE" (Prussian State Mint) and

STAATSMÜNZE" (Prussian State Mint) and "SILBER 900 FEIN" (Silver 900 Fine) on the edge

) Very Fine

Tidmas was a member of the Seymour Expedition and was wounded in action at Lang Fang

mounted with 2 small rivets to a silvered brass base illustrating six wings surrounding the insignia and surmounted by a crown

the reverse medallion depicts a blue enamelled field inscribed 7 19-36 X

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police 8-Year Long Service Award GTRexclude STAATSMÜNZE" (Prussian State Mint) and(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei, III. Klasse fr 8 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). 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