Bavaria. An Order Of Military Merit In Gold, Third Class With Crown And Swords, By Jacob Leser Auction and was subsequently invalided to

and was subsequently invalided to the United Kingdom

along with some staining on the silk liner

31st Regiment

but typical "BH Mayer Design" badge

divided into four sections: two sections have a cord braided into multiple rows of loops

Bavaria. An Order Of Military Merit In Gold, Third Class With Crown And Swords, By Jacob Leser Auction and was subsequently invalided to1914 1918 Issue. (Militrverdienstorden Kreuz 3. Klasse mit Krone und Schwertern); Of the highest quality, with a gold Maltese cross with four arms in blue enamels, 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