Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An 8-Year Long Service Award Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic A rare signed portrait of

A rare signed portrait of Manfred von Richthofen (“the Red Baron”)

In paper pocket of issue

complemented by reinforced stitching along the far right edge

the second numbered "31830" on the obverse

the majority never before photographed for publication

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An 8-Year Long Service Award Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic A rare signed portrait of(Dienstauszeichungen der Polizei, III Klasse fr 8 Jahre). 1938 1945 issue. Constructed of silvered tombak, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a 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 raised number 8, circumscribed by an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN