Bavaria, Kingdom. A Long Service Award, II Class for 24 Years Archive in memory of your loyal

in memory of your loyal brother

the obverse topped by Florian’s letterhead with an embossed NSDAP-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

and is commemorated on page 322 of the First World War Book of Remembrance

27 Master III and Airspeed Oxford aircraft

41 mm x 40 mm

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Long Service Award, II Class for 24 Years Archive in memory of your loyal(Dienstauszeichnungskreuz 2. Klasse fr 24 Jahre). Instituted 3 March 1865 by King Ludwig II. (1906 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, consisting of a Cross Patte with ribbed arms completing in ball finials and with arms joined through the inner quadrants by a circular oak leaf wreath, surrounding a central Bavarian checkered shield, the reverse bearing a central ribbed shield overlaid by an inscription of XXIV DIENST JAHRE (24 SERVICE YEARS),