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Award Document - Bavarian Military Cross, 1917


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Verleihungsurkunde - award document for the

 

Bavarian Militär-Verdienstkreuz 3. Class with Swords, dated 4th October 1917 for a Reservist,

Franz Königbauer in

1. Feldartillerie-Regiment Prinz Regent Luitpold,

based in Munich

 

The regiment was raised in 1824 and belonged to the I. Bavarian Armee-Korps
The document bears the printed seal of the order and has a (facsimile) signature of von Hellingrath

Philipp von Hellingrath was Bavarian Kriegsminister and Ordens-Grosskanzler from 11. December 1916 till 8. November 1918, see photo. His predecessor was Otto Freiherr Kreß von Kressenstein

*Additional information, see www.historisches-lexikon-bayerns.de / Bayerisches Kriegsministerium

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