Germany, Imperial. A Bavarian Long Service & Merit Cross Medal Bar
Bavaria: 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 ribbons, mounted to a suspension with swing bar pinback, as worn by the veteran, spotting on the Merit Cross 3rd Class with Swords and the Hindenburg Cross for Combatants, oxidation and gilt wear evident on the Military Long Service Medal, very fine.

