Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iv Class With Swords, By Weiss & Cie, C.1914 GTRexclude Army Service Medal 4th Class

Army Service Medal 4th Class (with award document)

The underside of the skirt is stamped

maker marked with RSS”(Richard Sieper & Söhne

maker marked RZM M1/101

gilt Italian Republic coat-of-arms affixed to the lid

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iv Class With Swords, By Weiss & Cie, C.1914 GTRexclude Army Service Medal 4th Class(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