Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Fourth Class With Swords And Crown, By Gebrüder Hemmerle, C.1915 Auction measures 64

measures 64

28 mm with a horizontal pinback

KC Winner Signed Photograph - Original Signature on post war photo

white and red enameled Patée Cross with ball finials

The unit was placed in an strange situation: being administered by the South African Air Force but drawing its personnel from the South African Artillery Anti-Aircraft and Coastal artillerymen

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Fourth Class With Swords And Crown, By Gebrüder Hemmerle, C.1915 Auction measures 64(Militrverdienstorden, Kreuz 4. Klasse, mit Krone und 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 silver gilt crowned cipher of King Ludwig III, surrounded by a broad white enameled ring in the form of a buckled belt, inscribed Merenti (Latin Merit), in silver gilt lettering; the reverse with a central black