Bavaria, Kingdom. A Long Service Award, II Class for 24 Years GTRexclude with heavy casualties on both

with heavy casualties on both sides

the edge stamped with a mark of “SILBER” and content number of “990”

and signed in blue ink by Knight’s Cross recipient Major and Wing Commander Friedrich Beckh (1908–1942)

also with silver hallmark (Goose)

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Long Service Award, II Class for 24 Years GTRexclude with heavy casualties on both(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),