Original German WWII Cased Police Long Service Cross Award Second Class – 18 Years Service Original Items

Original Item: Only One Available. The Police Long Service Award (Polizei-Dienstauszeichnung) was a long service medal awarded to active members of the German Police during the era of NSDAP Germany as a political award. Professor Richard Klein designed the awards, which varied slightly in design depending on the length of service of the recipient.

On 30 January 1938, Adolf AH ordered the institution of an award for members of the police force who met qualifications based on length of service. The award was given in three grades to men who had served for eight, eighteen, and twenty-five years. The design of all three medals had the police insignia, which consisted of a national eagle emblem surrounded by a wreath, on the obverse side. The third class award was a silver medal, the second class a silvered cross, and the first class a gold cross.

All three awards were emblazoned with the inscription FÜR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER POLIZEI (“For faithful service in the Police”) on the reverse. There was a 40 year award designed and authorized during WWII, but there are no records of anyone earning it due to the end of the War and the NSDAP Party.

This example is the Second Class award, for 18 years of service, and is in very good condition, with the correct blue ribbon with an embroidered police insignia, and and most of the original silvering intact on the cross. It comes in the original presentation case, marked with a wreath on the lid surrounding the number 18. The case lid is a bit crushed on one end, but it still closes correctly.

A very good example, ready to display!