Most had been officially inducted
Company Quartermaster Sergeant William Charles Johnson
one retaining both reverse attachment prongs and marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code “374”
inscribed "AVÈNEMENT AU CONSULAT XVIII BRUMAIRE AN VIII DE LA REPe FRANCse" below and engraver marked "PETIT INV ET F
the helmet demonstrates other issues consistent with age and field use
Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Mint and Unissued Police Long Service Award, I. Class for 25 Years, c. 1939 United Republic of Most had been officially inducted(Dienstauszeichnung der Polizei I. Klasse fr 25 Jahre). Instituted January 30th, 1938. (c. 1939 issue). Constructed of fire gilded bronze, on a fixed loop and swivel ring for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with lightly textured arms, the obverse bearing a central Ordnungspolizei insignia in the form of an oval oak leaf wreath overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse