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

(Bayerische Militärverdienstorden III

which involved bathing (as a symbol of purification) as one of its elements

named to "James H

with some of the paint wearing off from age

Charles University in Prague Stickpin (silvered silver

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