Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Cross, Ii Class For 18 Years Hold Joseph (John on roll) Taylor

Joseph (John on roll) Taylor served as a Gunner aboard H

Second Class for 15 years

218 mm x 297 mm x 24 mm in depth

Acquired at a small militaria show in Bavaria in 2013

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Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Cross, Ii Class For 18 Years Hold Joseph (John on roll) Taylor(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei, II. Klasse fr 18 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, 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 inscription