Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Cross, Ii Class For 18 Years Hold 20" (49cm) in length

20" (49cm) in length

Joseph (John on roll) Taylor served as a Gunner aboard H

Ohio National Guard from Scioto County

Type I (Medaglia d'onore per lunga navigazione compiuta)

along with three other badges

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Cross, Ii Class For 18 Years Hold 20" (49cm) in length(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