Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, I Class Cross With Swords And Crown, By Gebrüder Hemmerle, C.1918 Archive a senior officer of the

a senior officer of the British Army who served with distinction in both the First and Second World Wars and

one enamel chip to green enamels

resulting in a sizable force being evacuated at Dunkirk leaving the forces to the south unable to mount an effective resistance to the German invasion of France

but not the 1914-15 Star

weighs (with disc)

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, I Class Cross With Swords And Crown, By Gebrüder Hemmerle, C.1918 Archive a senior officer of the(Militr Verdienstorden, I. Klasse mit Krone und Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with its arms joined together through the quadrants by stylized and exceptionally detailed flames, the obverse bearing a central black enameled medallion overlaid by a gilded and crowned monogram of King Ludwig II, set within a white enameled belt