Germany, Imperial. A Bavarian Long Service & Merit Cross Medal Bar GTRexclude from May 1

from May 1

his head bowed

and a rifle

Footnote: Paul Hausser (1880–1972) first served in the Reichswehr and achieved the rank of Generalleutnant (Major General) in the inter-war period

Germany, Imperial. A Bavarian Long Service & Merit Cross Medal Bar GTRexclude from May 1Bavaria: Military Merit Cross 3rd Class with Swords (copper, 43 mm x 48 mm inclusive of its crossed swords suspension); Imperial: Hindenburg Cross for Combatants (iron with a bronze coloured gilt, magnetic, maker marked "87 R. V. PFORZHEIM" (Reichsverband Arbeitsgemeinschaft Heinrich Vogt, Pforzheim) on the reverse, 38. 3 mm); and Bavaria: Military Long Service Medal, 2nd Class for Twelve Years' Service (gilt tombac, 33. 5 mm). Soiled original