Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class For 25 Years, With Case Auction on a 56 mm pin

on a 56 mm pin

Footnote: William Russel Taylor was born on February 21

Or seven lights also flashing

Later that day

Wounded During Pursuit to Mons - British War Medal (228139 PTE

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, I Class For 25 Years, With Case Auction on a 56 mm pin(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei I. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 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 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