Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit & Mecklenburg-Schwerin Long Service Bar GTRexclude on top of lilac colored

on top of lilac colored wool

and on November 18th

Lersch” on the reverse

that he was single and that his trade was that of Labourer

he was wounded twice

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit & Mecklenburg-Schwerin Long Service Bar GTRexclude on top of lilac coloredA three place medal bar consisting of a Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross with Crown and Swords, Instituted 19 July 1866. A Maltese cross paty constructed of zinc, with crossed Roman swords above the 12 oclock cross arm, the obverse centre presents a circular central medallion bearing the crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a circular border in the form of a buckled belt inscribed MERENTI (MERIT) above, with arabesques below, the reverse