✚9558✚ German WW1 Bavarian Military Long Service Medal for 9 Years' Service

Original German / Bavarian WW1 Military Long Service Medal for 9 Years' Service - WW1, IN NICE UNCLEANED CONDITION ON NEW RIBBON, A VERY GOOD & ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLE WITH PATINA / TARNISH

HISTORY OF THE AWARD:

Bavarian Military Service Medal, III class for 9 Years’ Service (Militär-Dienstauszeichnung III. Klasse für 9 Dienstjahre), 1913-1918 - Nickel silver (Neusilber) circular medal with loop for ribbon suspension; the face with a representation of the Bavarian Dienstauszeichnungskreuz (Service Cross), being a cross pattée with concave ends to the arms with a central scalloped escutcheon bearing the lozenges of the Bavarian arms within an oak wreath, the inscription ‘TREUE DIENST BEI DER FAHNE’ (Loyal service under the colours) between the arms; the reverse with a central scalloped shield bearing the Roman numerals ‘IX’ (9) within a circular oak wreath, circumscribed ‘DIENSTAUSZEICHNUNG III. KLASSE’ (Service Award, 3rd class). The Medal was instituted by Prince Regent Ludwig on 30 August 1913 and could be awarded for 9, 12 and 15 years’ service (being the 3rd, 2nd and 1st classes of the Medal), the time being indicated on the reverse.