Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An 8-Year Long Service Award Auction Archive He served in the Peninsula

He served in the Peninsula from 1809 to April 1814 and then with the Portuguese Army from January 1811 to April 1814

the six o’clock arm bearing dates “1870-1871”

and light fraying of the edges of the pages

general assault badge

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An 8-Year Long Service Award Auction Archive He served in the Peninsula(Dienstauszeichungen der Polizei, III Klasse fr 8 Jahre). 1938 1945 issue. Constructed of silvered tombak, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, 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 number 8, circumscribed by an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN