Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order, Iii Class With Swords, By Gebrüder Hemmerle, C.1915 GTRexclude (1882 Issue)

(1882 Issue)

seventeen Photographs (black and white

which were forwarded to his mother

65 mm (w) x 14

1943 and arriving in the United Kingdom on the 24th

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order, Iii Class With Swords, By Gebrüder Hemmerle, C.1915 GTRexclude (1882 Issue)(Militr Verdienstorden, III Klasse) Instituted 19 July 1866. A Maltese cross paty constructed of silver gilt and multi coloured enamels, the obverse centre bears a black enamel medallion bearing a gilt crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a white enamel ring in the form of a buckled belt with gilt letters reading MERENTI (MERIT), the arms of the cross are in blue enamel, the reverse centre bears a black enamel medallion with a gilt crowned