Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, I Class Cross with Swords and Crown, by Gebrüder Hemmerle, c.1918 United Republic of The end cap is stamped

The end cap is stamped with the flaming bomb

21 mm (w) x 22

1916 in Campbellford

formerly an officer in the United States Army but resident in Canada since 1880

including a matching set of German Red Cross (DRK) second pattern Officer’s collar tabs

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, I Class Cross with Swords and Crown, by Gebrüder Hemmerle, c.1918 United Republic of The end cap is stamped(Militr Verdienstorden, I. Klasse mit Krone und Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. Military Division. (1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with its arms joined together through the quadrants by stylized and exceptionally detailed flames, the obverse bearing a central black enamelled medallion overlaid by a gilded and crowned monogram of King Ludwig II, set within a