Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Civil Division Ii Class With Case, By Gebrüder Hemmerle Archive Pinned into the sweatband at

Pinned into the sweatband at the back of the cap is an additional paper tag bearing a size mark of “55”

Weighing a total of 5

French Indochina

The exterior has experienced light soiling on the wool fabric and cracking in the chin strap

the the obverse pebbled with a Stahlhelm in the centre superimposed on crossed swords within a wreath of laurel leaves with a tied bow at the bottom

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Civil Division Ii Class With Case, By Gebrüder Hemmerle Archive Pinned into the sweatband at(Militrverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1905 1918 issue). Constructed of silver and enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a central black enameled disc overlaid by a raised monogram of King Ludwig II, within a white enameled belt and buckle bearing a gilt inscription of MERENTI (MERIT) and arabesques, the