Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit I Class In Gold, By Gebrüder Hemmerle, C.1910 certificate_of_authenticity maker marked “Brüder Schneider

maker marked “Brüder Schneider

1944 and November 16

with an Iron Cross 1939 ribbon fed through the top button hole

maker marked "MARTIN & SON CHELTENHAM" on the inside lid

His breathing is laboured and audible

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit I Class In Gold, By Gebrüder Hemmerle, C.1910 certificate_of_authenticity maker marked “Brüder Schneider(Bayerische Militrverdienstorden, I. Klasse, in Gold). Issued 1905 1918. A hollow Gold Maltese cross with blue enameled arms and with Gold 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 Gold lettering; the reverse with a central black enameled