Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, II Class for 18 Years Hold It was conceived in 1841

It was conceived in 1841 and the concept came from nineteenth-century war fighting groups that had the same common interests

Instituted in 1857 by Prince Carl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

the fringe composed of multiple long strands of cord held in place by a reinforcing strip stitched in place to the body of the flag

2nd Type (Cr SGt J

the NSB had some success during the 1930s

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, II Class for 18 Years Hold It was conceived in 1841(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 overlaid by a central Ordnungspolizei insignia in the form of an oval oak leaf wreath bearing a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse overlaid by a central oval medallion