Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An 8-Year Long Service Medal, III. Class, c. 1943 Archive country of manufacture marked "GERMANY"

country of manufacture marked "GERMANY" at the base and marked "REAL EBONY" on the vertical ebony portion of the cross

the reverse maker marked “R

ongoing disputes over the French and American occupation zones and anticipated conflicts of interest over French Indochina

and Without Swords (bronze

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An 8-Year Long Service Medal, III. Class, c. 1943 Archive country of manufacture marked "GERMANY"(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei III. Klasse fr 8 Jahre). Instituted January 30th, 1938. (1943 1945 issue). A circular silvered tombac medal, on a loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a central raised Ordnungspolizei insignia in the form of an oval oak 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