Bavaria, Kingdom. A Veterans Association Cross For Exceptional Merit By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of crazing and chipping evident in

crazing and chipping evident in the light blue and green enamels respectively on the centrepiece

Kursk Oblast)

for the redemption of Christian captives

An Iron Cross 1914 Second Class “Eisernes Kreuz 1914 2

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Veterans Association Cross For Exceptional Merit By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of crazing and chipping evident in(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