Koenig-Ludwig Kreuz and document

[Curt Steinbach]

I know we usually see EKs or really nice exotic pieces but here is a nice parade mounted Koenig-Ludwig Kreuz with the document. The document is quite large and would not fully fit on my scanner. It has twin black borders around the outside of the document which cannot be seen here.

[Curt Steinbach]

document

[Ammersee]

Nice single parade mount. What was this medal awarded for? Participation by Bavarians in WW1? Gary

[Curt Steinbach]

Nice single parade mount. What was this medal awarded for? Participation by Bavarians in WW1? Gary

Thanks Gary - I looked up the specifics on this. By the looks of the document I had figured it was for civilians that helped in the war effort - Beamtenstellvertreter (official representative?).

Anyway, here is what I got off the Internet:

The Cross was instituted by King Ludwig III on 7 January 1916 to be ‘a commemorative sign and recognition of thanks for those persons who during this war have performed with particular merit for the army or for the general welfare of the homeland through official and voluntary activities’ (als Zeichen ehrender und dankbarer Anerkennung für solche Personen, die sich während dieses Krieges durch dienstliche oder freiwillige Tätigheit in der Heimat besondere Verdienst um das Heer oder um die allgemeine Wohlfahrt des Landes erworben haben). The Cross was cast in the Royal Bavarian Mint in Munich and was originally of blackened iron but in the later stages of the war, as a result of shortages of strategic materials, zinc was substituted.

Curt

[römischIX]

nice one - and original. awarded 1917 - so it should be one which was made of iron or bronce.