[1] On 30 January 1938, Adolf Hitler ordered the institution of an award for members of the police force who met qualifications based on length of service.

All three awards were emblazoned with the inscription Für treue Dienste in der Polizei ("For faithful service in the Police") on the reverse.

It was to be in the form of a gold metal bar with the number 40 with oak leaves, to be affixed onto the ribbon of twenty-five years award.

The design was a silver-gray four-pointed cross (Ordenskreuz) measuring 43 millimetres (1.7 in) suspended from a cornflower blue ribbon with a woven police insignia.

The 18 and 25 year medals both had a similar presentation case: a hinged box with an exterior of green simulated leather, but with different interiors.