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    Realting to NCOs and other ranks...Although we see awards from different Länder on bars for prussian soldiers... so far I have not had a group where a Prussian has had a MVK in their document group.

    As Bavarian Generals awarded the EK, could it be that they awarded that instead and reserved the bavarian medals just for Bavarian soldiers?

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    Here is a small group to an NCO of Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 47. The Bavarian King was colonel in chief of this regiment, so the regiment´s soldiers also get some Bavarian MVK.

    The awarded soldier, Bruno Märkel survived the war and was a aspirant engine-driver in 1934.

    Regards

    Rudi

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    I wonder if this award was simply because of the kings connection to the regt?

    I guess the easiest way for a non bavarian to get one would t be a Prussian in a Non bavarian regt of the Alpenkorps?

    I have a couple of awards of EKs by Bavarian Generals to non bavarians....

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    Basically, the easiest way was to be in IR 47 or Württemberg FAR 29 or Saxon IR 102. When awards of the Military Merit Order and Cross to non-Bavarians were announced in the Verordnungsblatt, these units often had their own section because of the number of awards. Then you'd have a list of random awards to officers and men in a bunch of different units. Many of these were probably Bavarian natives, though, just serving in the Prussian Army. A lot of the others were in support units, so they were probably units tasked with supporting Bavarian units or commands. There's a pretty heavy bias toward officers in these lists, by the way.

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    Hello,

    thanks for this pages.

    In my collection is an prussian bar with a MVK 1. class on it.

    Possible, the owner was a soldier in such a prussian troop with bavarian owner, or it was an bavarian inhabitant in a prussian troop.

    Regards Andreas

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