Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police 8-Year Long Service Award Province of China a fine quality miniature in

a fine quality miniature in extremely fine condition

the suspension bearing an illegible maker’s mark

the obverse with a pebbled frame and blackened arms

chipping evident in the green and white enamels on the arm at 12 o'clock on the MHOStLJ

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police 8-Year Long Service Award Province of China a fine quality miniature in(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