Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order With Swords, Ii Class Knight, C.1914 Auction Archive the strap housing three elasticized

the strap housing three elasticized bands

describing him as "a steady

A 1936 Mölkau 4

1939 at the Bernburg Airbase at which time he held the rank of Feldwebel (Sergeant)

de Villiers

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order With Swords, Ii Class Knight, C.1914 Auction Archive the strap housing three elasticized(Militr Verdienstkreuz). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. Type I. (1866 1921 Issue). A silver Maltese Cross with blue enamelled arms, the obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a silver crowned cipher of King Ludwig within a white enamelled border in the form of a buckled belt with silver letters reading MERENTI (MERIT), the reverse with a central black enamelled medallion bearing a silver crowned Bavarian lion rampant