Germany, Imperial. An Oil Painting of a Decorated Bavarian Soldier of the First World War, c. 1943 Auction the sweatband with four rows

the sweatband with four rows consisting of a series of triangular slits

the Lyric Opera of Chicago

with an Iron Cross 1914 Second Class

the reverse bearing a raised inscription of “FÜR ARBEIT ZUM SCHUTZE DEUTSCHLANDS” (“FOR WORK IN THE DEFENCE OF GERMANY”)

Germany, Imperial. An Oil Painting of a Decorated Bavarian Soldier of the First World War, c. 1943 Auction the sweatband with four rows(lbild). An oil on canvas painting depicting a soldier of the First World War, wearing a Krtzchen with a Bavarian cockade, as well as a newly received 1914 Iron Cross II Class on his tunic, situated within a hand painted black border, the lower right corner bearing an artists attribution of A. MEINDL 1943, riveted to a period wooden frame, measuring 30 cm (w) x 39. 5 cm (h), an interesting example likely painted by a relation after an original wartime