Germany, Imperial. A Bavarian Long Service & Merit Cross Medal Bar GTRexclude addressed postcard backer identifying him

addressed postcard backer identifying him

and a rifle

In their book Famous Bands of the British Empire

Defender of the Faith

reverse illustrating a tablet inscribed "PRIX du MINISTRE de la GUERRE" (Award of the Minister of War)

Germany, Imperial. A Bavarian Long Service & Merit Cross Medal Bar GTRexclude addressed postcard backer identifying himBavaria: Military Merit Cross 3rd Class with Swords (copper, 43 mm x 48 mm inclusive of its crossed swords suspension); Imperial: Hindenburg Cross for Combatants (iron with a bronze coloured gilt, magnetic, maker marked "87 R. V. PFORZHEIM" (Reichsverband Arbeitsgemeinschaft Heinrich Vogt, Pforzheim) on the reverse, 38. 3 mm); and Bavaria: Military Long Service Medal, 2nd Class for Twelve Years' Service (gilt tombac, 33. 5 mm). Soiled original