Bavaria, Kingdom. A Merit Cross For 1870/1871 Hold Army patterned brocade dress belt

Army patterned brocade dress belt in fine aluminum wire and two rows of forest green embroidery on the upper

one small nip in the leather where it butts the linen on the front cover

from a combination of arteriosclerosis and emphysema

) German Honor Medal of the World War red backing

he was well known in Rensselaer County

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Merit Cross For 1870/1871 Hold Army patterned brocade dress belt(Bayerisches Verdienstkreuz fr 1870 1871). Issued on 12. 5. 1871 by King Ludwig II. (ussued 1870 1871). A cross pattee with a Gold frame and silver arms, the obverse with a raised white enameled central medallion with a painted red cross, surrounded by a black raised ring of of enamels, the reverse with a central silver medallion with a sun ray pattern, adorned by a Gold crowned cipher of King Ludwig, surrounded by a blue ring of enamels, dated 1870