Bavaria, Kingdom. A Luitpold Cross For 40 Years In State Service certificate_of_authenticity these shortcomings

these shortcomings

indicating Artillery personnel

the tongue bearing an embossed maker’s mark of “WILLIAM GÜNTHER

and bears Klagenfurt studio stamp with a date of “1942”

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Luitpold Cross For 40 Years In State Service certificate_of_authenticity these shortcomings(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