Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iv Class Cross With Swords certificate_of_authenticity A first war German Veteran

A first war German Veteran pilot’s badge for “Ehemalige Angehöriger der Fliegertruppen” (Former members of pilots)

where a tracheotomy was performed and a tube applied

the Belgian Commandos

maker marked "BIRKS 1915" and "W

Naming is impressed in large irregular capitals

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iv Class Cross With Swords certificate_of_authenticity A first war German Veteran(Militr Verdienstorden Kreuz IV. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1905 1918 issue). Constructed of silver with gilt and enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with blue enameled arms, joined together through the quadrants by stylized flames, the obverse bearing a central black enameled disc overlaid by a gilt monogram of King Ludwig II, set within a stylized gilded and white enameled belt and buckle, bearing an