Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, Ii Class For 18 Years, With Case Buy Now Howitt shipped home from England

Howitt shipped home from England in February

Paratroop Badge (1944)

maker marked "M F H" (unknown) on the ring

The Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords & Diamonds was awarded only 28 times

The black ebony grip is free from wood chipping

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Long Service Award, Ii Class For 18 Years, With Case Buy Now Howitt shipped home from England(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei II. Klasse fr 18 Jahre mit Etui). 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 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 with a central raised