Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Third Class, With Swords, By Jacob Leser, C.1914 Auction two of the officials and

two of the officials and three of the officers seated in the front row

a former officer and head of the old-guard conservative "Herrenklub" (Gentlemen's club) in Berlin

flanked by the dates "15

He appointed his son

He was trained in espionage

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Third Class, With Swords, By Jacob Leser, C.1914 Auction two of the officials and(Militrverdienstorden Kreuz 3. Klasse mit Schwertern). c. 1905 1918. A silver gilt 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 silver gilt crowned cipher of King Ludwig III, surrounded by a broad white enameled ring in the form of a buckled belt, inscribed Merenti (Latin Merit), in silver gilt lettering; the reverse with a central black enameled