Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Third Class, By Weiss & Cie, C.1910 certificate_of_authenticity the packet with “Deutsches Schutzwall-Ehrenzeichen”

the packet with “Deutsches Schutzwall-Ehrenzeichen” printed in black gothic lettering on the obverse with the maker’s mark on the reverse removed

suspended from a 9

original full-length ribbon

approximately 5 kilos (or 10 pounds)

and is signed by a worker in the district department (possibly Hofmann)

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Third Class, By Weiss & Cie, C.1910 certificate_of_authenticity the packet with “Deutsches Schutzwall-Ehrenzeichen”(Bayerische Militrverdienstorden III. Klasse). Issued 1905 1918. A silver gilt Maltese cross, with blue enameled arms and flames between each arm of the cross; the obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a gilt crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a white enameled ring in the form of a buckled belt with gilt letters reading MERENTI (Latin Merit); the reverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a gilt crowned Bavarian