Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit In Gold, Second Class With Swords, By Hemmerle, C.1915 GTRexclude on loop for suspension by

on loop for suspension by its correct replacement ribbon - also accompanied by a full length correct replacement ribbon

he was initiated into the (Long Sault) Tyrone Loyal Orange Lodge No

placing third with a 45 hp Mercedes and a 100-mph handicap of 8

Footnote: William SEAR was born on September 4

A very fine grouping to along a serving soldier who rose through ranks and become Major

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit In Gold, Second Class With Swords, By Hemmerle, C.1915 GTRexclude on loop for suspension by1905 1918 Issue. (Militrverdienstorden Kreuz 2 mit Schwertern). A hollow golden Maltese cross with blue enameled arms and 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 crowned Bavarian