Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Ordnungspolizei Long Service Decoration, Ii Class For 18 Years certificate_of_authenticity minor contact on the enamels

minor contact on the enamels with small flakes on 12 & 3 o'clock arms

1887 in South Carolina

A 1937 Spanish Medal for Suffering for the Country - Spanish Civil War

of typical mid- WWII period manufacture by Zagreb's maker Braća Knaus

the decoration was restored again as the Cross of Recognition in 2004

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Ordnungspolizei Long Service Decoration, Ii Class For 18 Years certificate_of_authenticity minor contact on the enamels(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