Germany, Imperial. A Bavarian Military Merit Order 4Th Class With Swords To Leutnant Pendele, 1916 Hold obverse illustrating a fasces fronting

obverse illustrating a fasces fronting the inscription "REPVBBLICA SOCIALE ITALIANA" (Italian Social Republic)

the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch

who also served with her grandfather

each of which is in its own balsa wood box)

A 1934 Reichsnährstand Fränkisches Bauerntreffen Weissenburg badge

Germany, Imperial. A Bavarian Military Merit Order 4Th Class With Swords To Leutnant Pendele, 1916 Hold obverse illustrating a fasces frontingA Bavarian Military Merit Order 4th Class with Swords to lieutenant of the reserve of the field artillery, Max Pendele, dated to Munich on 2 May 1916. Measuring 210 mm (w) x 310 mm (h), presenting two folding creases, two punched holes, and light scuffing of the edges, remains near very fine.