Bavaria, Kingdom. A Campaign Cross for Officers and Enlisted Men, 1813-1815 Buy Now and Volk An’s Gewehr

and Volk An’s Gewehr

88 mm x 138 mm

5 mm (w) x 125 mm (h) x 22 mm (d)

Tabs are mode of yellow lacquered metal

A superb example of a Grand Commander’s Cross of the House and Merit Order of Peter Friedrich Ludwig

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Campaign Cross for Officers and Enlisted Men, 1813-1815 Buy Now and Volk An’s Gewehr(Militrdenkzeichen fr 1813, 1814, 1815). Instituted 4 December 1814 by King Maximilian Joseph I. (1817 1818 issue). Constructed of patinated bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse bearing a central raised monogram of King Maximiliann Joseph I, the arms bearing an inscription of FR DIE JAHRE 1813 UND 1814 (FOR THE YEARS 1813 AND 1814), the reverse bearing a central raised Bavarian lion