Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Award, III Class for 8 Years consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac commanded by Karl Dönitz

commanded by Karl Dönitz

and we regretted to learn afterwards that he understood English thoroughly' (Ibid)

A mixed lot of paper items from the estate of Matrosen-Obergefreiter Leo Starzecki

A rare award document to a recipient of the Stalin Prize

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Long Service Award, III Class for 8 Years consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac commanded by Karl Dönitz(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