Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Fourth Class With Swords, By Gebrüder Hemmerle, C.1914 Newly Listed engraver marked "BARRE"

engraver marked "BARRE"

with an attachment loop for the chain

in July of 1943 he was sent back to Germany to serve in the 2nd Company of Landesschützen Battalion 828

(engraved: F/L W

Approximately twenty-two died of disease

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Fourth Class With Swords, By Gebrüder Hemmerle, C.1914 Newly Listed engraver marked "BARRE"(Bayerische Militrverdienstorden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern). Issued 1905 1918. A silver Maltese cross with blue enameled arms, and with flames between the arms of the cross; the obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a gold crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a white enameled border in the form of a buckled belt with gold letters reading MERENTI (Latin Merit); the reverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a gold