Germany, Third Reich. A Police Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years, with Case Auction measuring 63 mm (w) x

measuring 63 mm (w) x 48 mm (l)

An example of an uniform removed Waffen-SS Dutch Volunteer sleeve shield

the obverse bearing a central raised maple leaf highlighted in red

Hughes was with the 19th Infantry Battalion (Central Ontario Regiment) when he was Killed in Action

The lifeboats were manned and in the process of them being lowered

Germany, Third Reich. A Police Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years, with Case Auction measuring 63 mm (w) x(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