Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit In Gold, Second Class With Swords, By Hemmerle, C.1915 GTRexclude marked on reverse “L/14” (for

marked on reverse “L/14” (for Friedrich Orth

A very fine grouping to along a serving soldier who rose through ranks and become Major

) Naming has been erased and re-engraved

placing third with a 45 hp Mercedes and a 100-mph handicap of 8

he was initiated into the (Long Sault) Tyrone Loyal Orange Lodge No

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit In Gold, Second Class With Swords, By Hemmerle, C.1915 GTRexclude marked on reverse “L/14” (for1905 1918 Issue. (Militrverdienstorden Kreuz 2 mit Schwertern). A hollow golden Maltese cross with blue enameled arms and 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 crowned Bavarian