Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, War Merit Cross First Class, With Swords And Crown, C. 1918 United Republic of 48 mm x 90 mm

48 mm x 90 mm

horizontal pinback and hinge missing

Grayson was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery (July 22

The application is for pilot Hans Pfahler

2 Wing RNAS in 1916

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, War Merit Cross First Class, With Swords And Crown, C. 1918 United Republic of 48 mm x 90 mm(Militrverdienstkreuz des Bayerischen Militrverdienstorden I. Klasse, mit Schwertern und Krone). Issued 1913 1918. A Maltese cross in gilded silver; the obverse with a central medallion bearing the crowned cipher of King Ludwig II within a border in the form of a buckled belt inscribed with lettering reading Merenti (Latin Merit); the reverse with a central medallion bearing a crowned Bavarian lion within a border in the form of a buckled belt with