Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order of Military Merit, IV Class Cross with Swords, by Jacob Leser Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic born 28 September 1900

born 28 September 1900

accommodating the addition of a spike which has been lost to time

accompanied by a portrait of an unidentified child

Beginning with HMCS Niobe on October 12

the reverse maker marked “G3” for an unidentified maker

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order of Military Merit, IV Class Cross with Swords, by Jacob Leser Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic born 28 September 1900(Militr Verdienstorden Kreuz IV. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1905 1918). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross with blue enameled arms joined through the quadrants by stylized flames, the obverse bearing a central black enameled medallion overlaid by a raised monogram of King Ludwig II, situated with a stylized white enameled belt bearing a silvered inscription of MERENTI with arabesques,