Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Award, II Class for 18 Years visually-hidden with a cockade in the

with a cockade in the centre

Christopher Lauer

two rings between each link

marked with the LDO (Administration of German Orders Manufacturers) insignia and maker stamped in blue ink "L/52" (C

affording the Allies critical insight on coded communications and ciphers used by the Wehrmacht

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Award, II Class for 18 Years visually-hidden with a cockade in the(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei II. Klasse fr 18 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from a post war replacement ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central 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 oval