Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Third Class, By Weiss & Cie, C.1910 Newly Listed S" marked SS EM/NCO's buckles

S" marked SS EM/NCO's buckles are among the scarcest SS belt buckles

marked "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" on the lid

the Pinerolo Brigade moved to Abruzzo and was garrisoned in the city of Chieti

officially retiring on September 1

Athabaskan was torpedoed and sank

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Third Class, By Weiss & Cie, C.1910 Newly Listed S" marked SS EM/NCO's buckles(Bayerische Militrverdienstorden III. Klasse). Issued 1905 1918. A silver gilt Maltese cross, with blue enameled arms and flames between each arm of the cross; the obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a gilt crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a white enameled ring in the form of a buckled belt with gilt letters reading MERENTI (Latin Merit); the reverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a gilt crowned Bavarian