Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iii Class, Miniature, C.1910 Auction Archive The reverse of each card

The reverse of each card is inscribed “Die Soldaten des Führers im Felde” (“The Führer’s Soldiers in the Field”)

on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with field-grey reverse liner

maker marked "WHITEHEAD & HOAG

After a three week spell in the concentration camp of Oranienburg

measuring 65 mm x 68 mm

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iii Class, Miniature, C.1910 Auction Archive The reverse of each card(Bayerische Militrverdienstorden III. Klasse). Issued 1905 1918. A Gold gilt Maltese cross, with blue enameled arms and flames in each quadrant, 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), reverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a gilt crowned Bavarian lion within a white