Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Merit Of The Crown In Gold, Miniature, C.1870 GTRexclude original ribbons on the WWI

original ribbons on the WWI Trio

a graphic artist and painter

were incomplete

he was deployed to the securing forces in Norway and served on Fortress Sapper Staff 4 until June of 1944

It is therefore assumed that this ribbon was added to the piece at a later time than when it was manufactured

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Merit Of The Crown In Gold, Miniature, C.1870 GTRexclude original ribbons on the WWI(Verdienstorden der Bayerischen Krone, Ritterkreuz Miniatur). Instituted 19 March 1808 by King Maximilian Joseph I. (1808 1918 Issue). A Gold eight armed Maltese cross with white and red enamels, as well as a green enameled laurel wreath between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a central Gold medallion depicting a rightward facing bust of King Maximilian Joseph I, surrounded by a ring of red enamels, inscribed MAX. JOS. BOJ. REX (MAXIMILIAN