Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar for a Bavarian First World War Combatant Auction my sweetheart

my sweetheart

includes hand-writing in black ink

some soiling and tearing evident

which allowed them to retire to more comfortable billets

5 mm (h) inclusive of its stem x 15 mm (d)

Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar for a Bavarian First World War Combatant Auction my sweetheart(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar for a Bavarian First World War combatant featuring six decorations, including: 1. A Bavarian Military Merit Cross, III Class with Crown, constructed of coppered bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central raised monogram of King Ludwig II, situated within a stylized belt and buckle bearing a raised inscription of MERENTI