Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Cross, I Class For 25 Years, With Case Auction Archive this cap has a field

this cap has a field grey painted metal ventilation grommet to either side

arriving at Hilo

This NCO who enlisted with the Battalion in 1914

died at the age of 19 on September 3

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Cross, I Class For 25 Years, With Case Auction Archive this cap has a field(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei, I. Klasse fr 25 Jahre). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse overlaid by a central 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 medallion bearing a raised inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER