Police 25 Year Service Medal, Mint in Box
Price: Sold
Description: Mint in Box, First class Medal, die struck alloy construction award with bright gold plated and frosted gilt finishes for 25 years service. 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 national eagle with out-stretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted, swastika on a smooth background field. The eagle’s wings extended beyond the oak-leaf wreath onto the horizontal arms of the cross. The reverse centerpiece has embossed, block Latin script, “Für Treue Dienst in der Polizei”, (For Loyal Service in the Police), also on a smooth background field. The arms of the cross have a slightly textured background field with a smooth, raised, outer border edging. The ribbon has an embroidered Police eagle in yellow-gold thread; Cross is MINT in its original box on issuance with embossed gilt number 25 on its lid.
Background: January 1938 A.H. 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 as a Gold Cross Medal, the second class award for eighteen years service as a Silver Cross Medal and the third class award for eight years service as a Silver Round Medal. 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.
