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S024358 POLIZEI EIGHTEEN YEAR LONG SERVICE AWARD, 1938. (Polizei Dienstauszeichnungen)
BACKGROUND: On January 30TH 1938 Adolf Hitler instituted a series of Long Service Awards to recognize loyal long service in the police. The award was originally issued in three classes with the first class award for twenty-five years service, the second class award for eighteen years service and the third class award for eight years service. Allegedly another class of the award was introduced in August 1944 to recognize forty years loyal service and consisted of a golden metal cypher with "40" encompassed by an oak-leaf wreath to be affixed to the ribbon of the twenty-five year service award. This example is the second class award for eighteen years service. Of Note: The LDO, Leistungsgemeinschaft der Deutschen Ordenshersteller, (Administration of German Medal Manufacturers), began regulating the manufacture of German awards in March 1941 as a quality control agent for awards that were intended for retail sale and manufacturers were to use an assigned LDO, "L", code on their products destined for retail sales. Awards that were to be bestowed by the government were also issued an official numerical government contract code known as a, Lieferantnummer, (Contractors Number), that was issued by the Präsidialkanzlei des Führers, (Presidential Council of the Führers), for formally approved manufacturers. The manufacturing firms that were licenced by both the Präsidialkanzlei des Führers and the LDO and would have used the same dies to stamp both the official issue and retail sales types of awards making them virtually indistinguishable from one another except for the markings.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Die struck alloy construction, eighteen year service award with bright nickel/silver plated and frosted white finishes. The award is in the form of a Pattée style cross with a central, vertically oval centerpiece. The obverse centerpiece features an embossed oak-leaf wreath encompassing a Police style, national eagle clutching a wreathed, canted, swastika on a subtly textured, background field. The eagle’s wings extended beyond the oak-leaf wreath onto the horizontal arms of the cross. The reverse centerpiece has the embossed, block, Latin script, "Für Treue Dienst in der Polizei", (For Loyal Service in the Police), on a smooth background field. The arms of the cross have a slightly textured background field with a smooth, raised, outer lip border. The nickel/silver plating is retained about 80% while the frosted white finish is only retained about 20%. The ribbon suspension ring and medal loop are both intact and the suspension ring is well marked with the embossed manufacturer’s LDO code, within a rectangular recess that appears to be, "L/58", indicating manufacture by Glaser & Sohn of Dresden. The award comes with a roughly, 1 5/8" wide, 5 1/4" long, horizontally ribbed, moire, cornflower blue rayon ribbon with a machine embroidered, police eagle, wreath and swastika in silvery/white rayon threads. The ribbon shows light to moderate age toning and a small dark colored stain.
GRADE ***1/4 PRICE $149.00
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