Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years Auction 5 mm x x 26

5 mm x x 26 mm silver gilt hanger inscribed in Russian "МАТЬ-ГЕРОИНЯ" (Mother Heroine) with pinback

the exterior is inscribed SOUVENIR WORLD’S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION

A fine example of a third reich period Landwacht Polizei badge

reverse illustrating a winged female personification of Victory in the centre

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years Auction 5 mm x x 26(Dienstauszeichnungen der Polizei I. Klasse fr 25 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1944 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 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 medallion