Germany, Imperial. A Bavarian Long Service & Merit Cross Medal Bar Archive with "V" Device and one

with "V" Device and one Gold Star on the ribbon)

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Regimental Crest and "CANADA" shoulder tab

interior marked: "Verdienstkreuz I

75mm(w) x 45mm(h)

Germany, Imperial. A Bavarian Long Service & Merit Cross Medal Bar Archive with "V" Device and oneBavaria: Military Merit Cross 3rd Class with Swords (copper, 43 mm x 48 mm inclusive of its crossed swords suspension); Imperial: Hindenburg Cross for Combatants (iron with a bronze coloured gilt, magnetic, maker marked "87 R. V. PFORZHEIM" (Reichsverband Arbeitsgemeinschaft Heinrich Vogt, Pforzheim) on the reverse, 38. 3 mm); and Bavaria: Military Long Service Medal, 2nd Class for Twelve Years' Service (gilt tombac, 33. 5 mm). Soiled original