Bavaria, Kingdom. A Long Service Award, II Class for 24 Years Auction Archive and finally Colonel

and finally Colonel

the reverse with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label clearly bearing a manufacturer’s code of “A4/118” and a secondary code of “478084”

maker marked “L/55” for “Wächtler & Lange

on its original folded ribbon with safety pin attachment

What appears to be a number “72” is stamped onto the obverse ricasso

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Long Service Award, II Class for 24 Years Auction Archive and finally Colonel(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),