Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order of Military Merit, IV Class Cross with Swords, by Jacob Leser Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic accompanied by a portrait of

accompanied by a portrait of an unidentified child

He died on February 12

or weather-related disease

accommodating the addition of a spike which has been lost to time

the upper left corner bearing a maker’s mark

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order of Military Merit, IV Class Cross with Swords, by Jacob Leser Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic accompanied by a portrait of(Militr Verdienstorden Kreuz IV. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1905 1918). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross with blue enameled arms joined through the quadrants by stylized flames, the obverse bearing a central black enameled medallion overlaid by a raised monogram of King Ludwig II, situated with a stylized white enameled belt bearing a silvered inscription of MERENTI with arabesques,