Bavaria, Kingdom. A First War Military Merit Medal Bar certificate_of_authenticity His Legion of Merit Award

His Legion of Merit Award Certificate (inscribed "THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS

incorrect ribbon

and the large amount of soon to be returning First War vets into one large veterans organization

the Battalion was absorbed into the 5th Reserve Battalion

I am not thrilled and later accepted but with misgivings"

Bavaria, Kingdom. A First War Military Merit Medal Bar certificate_of_authenticity His Legion of Merit Award(Ordenschnalle). A First World War period medal bar featuring three decoration, including a 1914 Iron Cross, II Class (Eisernes Kreuz 1914 2. Klasse), a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm, the reverse centre with a branch of three oak leaves