Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iv Class With Swords, C.1915 Newly Listed the other disk with a

the other disk with a u-shaped hook that loops around the end link at the opposite end of the chain

Grave Reference: III

Reference OMRS Journal Spring 1975

The documents of the Order of the Eastern Star are dated to Dresden

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iv Class With Swords, C.1915 Newly Listed the other disk with a(Militr Verdienstkreuz IV. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1905 1918 Issue). A silver Maltese Cross with blue enameled arms, with flames between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a silver crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a white enameled border in the form of a buckled belt with silver letters reading MERENTI (MERIT), the reverse with a central black enameled