with a flat wire catch usually found on the zinc Juncker Army Para Badge
there are maker marked
maker marked for (Karl Wurster K
Over three-quarters of the Australian prisoners there died in captivity
John Alexander McArthur was born on August 24
Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iii Class With Swords & Crown, By Jacob Leser, C.1914 GTRexclude with a flat wire catch(Militr Verdienstkreuz). A Bavarian Military Merit Cross with Swords and Crown, a Maltese Cross constructed of bronze, with swords crossed above the upper arm, the obverse central medallion presents the cipher for King Ludwig III, circumscribed by the inscription MERENTI (MERIT), the reverse bears the Bavarian crowned lion circumscribed by a buckled belt, dated 1866, measuring 42 mm (w) x 66 mm (h), on loop for suspension from original wartime ribbon,