Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order, Second Class With Swords, By Weiss & Cie, C.1914 Auction Burke was appointed to the

Burke was appointed to the rank of Lieutenant (Junior Grade) A-V (N)

was instrumental in bringing this about

in which capacity he served in France and Flanders (Belgium) from October 1916 until the war’s end on November 18

scoring seventy and seventy-nine percent respectively and was promoted to that rank on April 1

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order, Second Class With Swords, By Weiss & Cie, C.1914 Auction Burke was appointed to the(Militrverdiesntorden, Kreuz II, mit Schwertern). A silver gilt Maltese cross with blue enameled arms and 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 within a white enameled border in the form of a buckled belt with silver gilt lettering reading Merenti (Latin Merit); the reverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a silver gilt crowned