Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Fourth Class With Swords, By Gebrüder Hemmerle, C.1914 Auction Germany (Third Reich): DRL Sports

Germany (Third Reich): DRL Sports Badge

Berkshire for twelve days

scratch on BWM

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Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Fourth Class With Swords, By Gebrüder Hemmerle, C.1914 Auction Germany (Third Reich): DRL Sports(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