Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Cross, Ii Class For 18 Years certificate_of_authenticity 1) A First War/Second War

1) A First War/Second War medal bar of fine craftsmanship with four awards

3 mm (w) x 28 mm (h) inclusive of its bar

better known as a "police action"

circumscribed by inscription “EINNAHME VON KRETA

opening with a functional spring catch

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Cross, Ii Class For 18 Years certificate_of_authenticity 1) A First War/Second War(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