Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iv Class With Swords, By Weiss & Cie, C.1914 GTRexclude contact marks throughout from light

contact marks throughout from light use

marked "800" (silver) and maker marked "M

Forbes enlisted as a Stoker 1st Class (V12196) with the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve on September 15

Corporal Chevrons (green embroidery on navy blue cotton

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iv Class With Swords, By Weiss & Cie, C.1914 GTRexclude contact marks throughout from light(Bayerische Militrverdienstorden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern). Issued 1905 1918. A silver 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 gold crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a white enameled border in the form of a buckled belt with gold letters reading MERENTI (Latin Merit); the reverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a gold