Bavaria, Kingdom. A Luitpold Cross For 40 Years In State Service Hold that their retreat would have

that their retreat would have been endangered

The course took place at the Air Signals School in Halle/Saale (eastern Germany)

the reverse bears a white background with inscription 19 ФЕВРАЛЪ 1878 (19 February 1878)

36 pages plus cover

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Bavaria, Kingdom. A Luitpold Cross For 40 Years In State Service Hold that their retreat would have(Luitpoldkreuz 40 Jahre im Staats und Gemeindedienst). Instituted 24 February 1911 by Prince Regent Luitpold. (1911 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse bearing a central raised and leftward facing profile of Prince Regent Luitpold, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR EHREN VOLLE VIERZIG DIENSTES