Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iv Class Knight’s Cross With Swords, C.1915 Hold supplemented by 434 black-and-white photographs

supplemented by 434 black-and-white photographs and illustrations

spring loaded closure

the reverse with an engraved institution date of “16

He qualified as a Signalman (August 24

maker marked "DAVID C

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iv Class Knight’s Cross With Swords, C.1915 Hold supplemented by 434 black-and-white photographs(Militr Verdienstorden Kreuz IV. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1905 1918 issue). Constructed of silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with blue enameled arms joined together through the quadrants by stylized flames, the obverse bearing a central blue enameled disc overlaid by a silver monogram of King Ludwig II, set within a white enameled belt and buckle bearing an inscription of