Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Award, III Class for 8 Years consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac They quelled the Red River

They quelled the Red River Rebellion and also helped avert a Fenian Raid on Manitoba

a superb museum exhibition example demonstrating commensurate quality of manufacture in extremely fine condition

inscribed “WAFFENQUARTETT DES HEERES” (“ARMOURY QUARTET OF THE ARMY”)

the one on the left side with a magnetic two-prong silvered metal buckle held in place by a gray metal button

He proceeded on command to the Canadian Discharge Depot at Buxton on August 8

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Award, III Class for 8 Years consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac They quelled the Red River(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei III. Klasse fr 8 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing an 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 number 8 circumscribed by an inscription of FR