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

surrounded by the inscription "FOUNDED 1754

having served in Peninsula

900 captured

The reverse is covered by a layer of paper

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