Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iii Class Merit Cross With Swords And Case, By Weiss & Co. GTRexclude and is commemorated on page

and is commemorated on page 375 of the First World War Book of Remembrance

5th November 1854

majoring in aeronautical engineering and aeronautical administration

measuring 126 mm (w) x 42 mm (h))

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iii Class Merit Cross With Swords And Case, By Weiss & Co. GTRexclude and is commemorated on page(Militrverdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit Schwertern, Krone, und Etui). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1913 1918 issue). Constructed of coppered bronze, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central raised monogram of King Ludwig II, set within a stylized belt and buckle bearing an inscription of MERENTI (MERIT) with arabesques, the reverse bearing a central raised Bavarian lion rampant, set within a stylized