Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, II Class Cross with Crown Archive and bearing silver aluminum wire

and bearing silver aluminum wire Latin Cross situated within oval oak leaf wreaths

red enameled Maltese cross

measuring 111 mm (w) x 24 mm (h))

HMCS York in February 1956

a death notice certified from the US Military Government for Karl’s brother Kurt

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, II Class Cross with Crown Archive and bearing silver aluminum wire(Militrverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Krone). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1913 1918 issue). Constructed of silvered copper with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central black enameled medallion, overlaid by a raised monogram of King Ludwig II, situated within a stylized white enameled belt and buckle bearing a silvered inscription of MERENTI (MERIT) with arabesques, the