Bavaria, Kingdom. A Franco-Prussian War Veteran’s Medal Bar Auction Archive measuring 31 mm in diameter

measuring 31 mm in diameter

The liner is complete and still supple and all the fingers are intact

in gilded bakelite

as well as lacerations to face and scalp

Elizabeth Martin of Lancaster

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Franco-Prussian War Veteran’s Medal Bar Auction Archive measuring 31 mm in diameter(Ordensschnalle). A Franco Prussian War veterans medal bar featuring two decorations, including a Bavarian War Merit Cross, III Class with Swords, 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, within a stylized belt and buckle bearing a raised inscription of MERENTI (MERIT), the twelve oclock arm