Bavaria, Kingdom. A Veterans Association Cross For Exceptional Merit By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive It was given to Otto

It was given to Otto von Bismarck on occasion of his 80th birthday by the Germans in Paraguay

Instruments dating from between 1882 & 1888 were marked "116 Victoria Street

the obverse consisting of a round oak leaf wreath with a large mobile swastika in the centre of the award that is circumscribed “Für Dienste im Luftschutz” (For Services in Air Raid Protection)

one year before she died

Schwäbisch-Gmünd

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Veterans Association Cross For Exceptional Merit By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive It was given to Otto(Bundesehrenkreuz I. Klasse fr besondere Verdienste). Constructed of silvered bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of an elongated Cross Patte, the obverse with white arms, with a central oval enameled medallion bearing a checkered Bavarian flag motif overlaid by a gilt lion rampant, within a ring ofblack enamel bearing an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE U. D. BAYER KRIEGBUND (FOR MERIT IN THE BAVARIAN VETERANS ASSOCIATION), the reverse with a