Bavaria, Kingdom. A Luitpold Cross For 40 Years In State Service Auction The award was granted for

The award was granted for extraordinary services as Senior Medical Officer of the German Wehrmacht in southeastern Europe and constant help for the medical corps organisation of the Croatian army between 1942 and 1945

measuring 52 mm (w) x 62 mm (h)

and Budapest Economic & Technical Supply Service Organization Medal (bronze

suspended from a pinback hanger inscribed "OUR COUNTRY"

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Luitpold Cross For 40 Years In State Service Auction The award was granted for(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