Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An 8-Year Long Service Award certificate_of_authenticity weighing 78 grams

weighing 78 grams

residue evident on the obverse of the CFD from cleaning

enamel on arms fully intact

the reverse is plain and marked “DESO… MUNICH”

Kraus was then transferred to the Core Company of the same battalion until August 1943

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An 8-Year Long Service Award certificate_of_authenticity weighing 78 grams(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