Bavaria, Kingdom. A Merit Cross Of 1870/71 Miniature, C.1872 Archive The Close Combat Clasp in

The Close Combat Clasp in Bronze award document is named to Unteroffizier (NCO) Schmid of the 1st Company of Pionier Battalion 753

a 1910 Siege of Metz commemorative badge

copyrighted by the author in 1995

with three hooks on the reverse for tunic attachment

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Merit Cross Of 1870/71 Miniature, C.1872 Archive The Close Combat Clasp in(Verdienstkreuz fr 1870 71 Miniatur). Instituted 12 May 1871 by King Ludwig II. (1871 1872). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central white enameled medallion overlaid by a red Geneva Cross, the revere bearing a central gilt monogram of King Ludwig II, within a ring of blue enamels bearing gilt dates 1870 1871,