Germany, Weimar Republic. A Veterans Association 20-Year Membership Badge By Deschler & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity with braided long hair

with braided long hair

and was married to his wife Rose prior to enlisting for the First World War on March 15

” For his gallant actions

the name could be Mattausch or similar

Germany, Weimar Republic. A Veterans Association 20-Year Membership Badge By Deschler & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity with braided long hair(Bayerischer Kriegerbund Mitgliedsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with ball finials, the obverse with a central medallion bearing a raised Bavarian lion rampant on top of a checkered Bavarian flag motif, within a blue enameled ring bearing a gilt inscription of BAYERISCHER KRIEGERBUND 20 JAHRE IN TREUE FEST (BAVARIAN VETERANS ASSOCIATION 20 YEARS IN FAITHFUL SERVICE), the reverse with a barrel hinge