Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit In Gold, Second Class With Swords, By Hemmerle, C.1915 GTRexclude emboss stamped "54" on the

emboss stamped "54" on the obverse of the small leather tab attached to the buckle

the strap measuring 18 mm x 920 mm

On September 1st 1942 he was made Gefreiter

engraved "1940" on the reverse

58 mm x 227 mm

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit In Gold, Second Class With Swords, By Hemmerle, C.1915 GTRexclude emboss stamped "54" on the1905 1918 Issue. (Militrverdienstorden Kreuz 2 mit Schwertern). A hollow golden Maltese cross with blue enameled arms and 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 crowned Bavarian