Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order Of St. Michael Merit Cross, Iii Class With Swords, C.1915 United Republic of with its period-original ribbon and

with its period-original ribbon and a sewn-on horizontal pinback

returning to Canada aboard the RMS Royal George

arriving at the camp the same day

A large lion rampant button

various notations in black

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order Of St. Michael Merit Cross, Iii Class With Swords, C.1915 United Republic of with its period-original ribbon and(Militar Verdienstorden) Instituted 19 July 1866. A Maltese cross paty constructed of gilded copper, the obverse centre bears a medallion with a crowned L cipher on a black enamel background, encompassed by a white enamel border detailed to resemble a belt with the inscription MERENTI, the cross arms are pebbled, the reverse centre bears a crowned lion rampant encompassed by a border detailed to resemble a belt with the date 1866, the obverse top