Bavaria, Kingdom. A Veterans Association Cross For Exceptional Merit By Deschler & Sohn Archive (Bayerische Militärverdienstorden III

(Bayerische Militärverdienstorden III

Constructed of golden bakelite

He was separated from Despina Unwin

a DRK Patriotic Women’s League Witten an der Ruhr member’s badge

with some of the paint wearing off from age

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Veterans Association Cross For Exceptional Merit By Deschler & Sohn Archive (Bayerische Militärverdienstorden III(Bundesehrenkreuz I. Klasse fr besondere Verdienste). Constructed of silvered bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of an elongated Cross Patte, the obverse with white arms, with a central oval enameled medallion bearing a checkered Bavarian flag motif overlaid by a gilt lion rampant, within a ring ofblack enamel bearing an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE U. D. BAYER KRIEGBUND (FOR MERIT IN THE BAVARIAN VETERANS ASSOCIATION), the reverse with a