Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order, Iii Class With Swords, By Gebrüder Hemmerle, C.1915 GTRexclude 65 mm (w) x 14

65 mm (w) x 14

An ID Card for Bombing Victims issued to Franz Stapel (b

which were forwarded to his mother

maker marked "JACKSON BRO" on the reverse

the reverse with a circular raised border of oak leaves bearing the institution date “1939: in raised numbering

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order, Iii Class With Swords, By Gebrüder Hemmerle, C.1915 GTRexclude 65 mm (w) x 14(Militr Verdienstorden, III Klasse) Instituted 19 July 1866. A Maltese cross paty constructed of silver gilt and multi coloured enamels, the obverse centre bears a black enamel medallion bearing a gilt crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a white enamel ring in the form of a buckled belt with gilt letters reading MERENTI (MERIT), the arms of the cross are in blue enamel, the reverse centre bears a black enamel medallion with a gilt crowned