Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, III Class with Swords, Crown, and Case, by Jacob Leser Archive two 1942 Ordnungspolizei off-duty officers’

two 1942 Ordnungspolizei off-duty officers’ badges

An Iron Cross First Class 1939 by Wilhelm Deumer - Silvered frame

with a period correction to the second "T" in "MARKONETT"

he was attached to the Staff for Special Duties

he was wounded in action on 4 August 1918

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, III Class with Swords, Crown, and Case, by Jacob Leser Archive two 1942 Ordnungspolizei off-duty officers’(Militrverdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit Schwertern, Krone, und Etui). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1913 1918 issue). Constructed of coppered bronze, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central monogram of King Ludwig II, situated within a stylized belt and buckle bearing an inscription of MERENTI (MERIT) with arabesques, the twelve oclock arm riveted with a sword clasp, the reverse bearing a central