Germany, Third Reich. A Police Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years, with Case Hold each star point with five

each star point with five emanating rays

the reverse with a boutonniere pinback

the interior of the cover bearing a handwritten inscription indicating that the owner of the album served aboard U-23 in 1917

maker marked “RZM 72” for “RZM M1/72 - Fritz Zimmermann

Germany, Third Reich. A Police Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years, with Case Hold each star point with five(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei, I. Klasse fr 25 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1944 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central 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 bearing a central oval