Bavaria, Kingdom. A Campaign Cross for Officers and Enlisted Men, 1813-1815 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (Deutscher Aero-Club Plakette)

(Deutscher Aero-Club Plakette)

In the Summer and Fall of 1918

the reverse with the date of its inception (December 16th

The reverse is numbered “8298/8”

obverse depicts central red shield bearing an Iron Cross-style Cross Pattée with central mobile swastika

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Campaign Cross for Officers and Enlisted Men, 1813-1815 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (Deutscher Aero-Club Plakette)(Militrdenkzeichen fr 1813, 1814, 1815). Instituted 4 December 1814 by King Maximilian Joseph I. (1817 1818 issue). Constructed of patinated bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse bearing a central raised monogram of King Maximiliann Joseph I, the arms bearing an inscription of FR DIE JAHRE 1813 UND 1814 (FOR THE YEARS 1813 AND 1814), the reverse bearing a central raised Bavarian lion