Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class For 25 Years, With Case certificate_of_authenticity He was discharged later that

He was discharged later that month

He joined the Waffen-SS in May 1935

measuring 160 mm (w) x 90 mm (h) when folded on a flat surface

functional exterior metal hinge

clearly wearing a 1939 Iron Cross Ribbon

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class For 25 Years, With Case certificate_of_authenticity He was discharged later that(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei I. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze on loop for suspension from its period original 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 raised inscription