Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Fourth Class With Swords, By Jacob Leser Newly Listed Army Breast Eagle - In

Army Breast Eagle - In zinc alloy

dated August 17

unmarked but textbook example by company "Petz and Lorenz"

The Army had had enough

It is dated to February 28

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Fourth Class With Swords, By Jacob Leser Newly Listed Army Breast Eagle - In(Bayerische Militrverdienstorden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern). Issued 1905 1918. A silver Maltese cross with blue enameled arms, and with flames between the arms of the cross; the obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a gold crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a white enameled border in the form of a buckled belt with gold letters reading MERENTI (Latin Merit); the reverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a gold