Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Award, III Class for 8 Years Archive and Breast Star: insignia in

and Breast Star: insignia in silver gilt with white enamels

Bronzed white metal

In June 1940 he took command of U-138 for two patrols

the obverse bearing two raised edelweiss topped by a pennant

and died on 25

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Award, III Class for 8 Years Archive and Breast Star: insignia in(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