Bavaria, Kingdom. A Veterans Association Cross For Exceptional Merit By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive hallmarked and maker marked on

hallmarked and maker marked on reverse

one year before she died

It was given to Otto von Bismarck on occasion of his 80th birthday by the Germans in Paraguay

with a green-enamelled movable hanger

before the age of 21

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Veterans Association Cross For Exceptional Merit By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive hallmarked and maker marked on(Bundesehrenkreuz I. Klasse fr besondere Verdienste). Constructed of silvered bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of an elongated Cross Patte, the obverse with white arms, with a central oval enameled medallion bearing a checkered Bavarian flag motif overlaid by a gilt lion rampant, within a ring ofblack enamel bearing an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE U. D. BAYER KRIEGBUND (FOR MERIT IN THE BAVARIAN VETERANS ASSOCIATION), the reverse with a