Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, War Merit Cross, Iii Class, With Case Newly Listed topped by a silvered ring

topped by a silvered ring and a raised red centre

where he was hospitalized with Muscular Rheumatism

An operation to correct the issue was ordered

1887 and again in 1888

stated "That he be discharged from the service as medically unfit

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, War Merit Cross, Iii Class, With Case Newly Listed topped by a silvered ring(Militrverdienstkreuz des Bayerischen Militrverdienstorden III. Klasse). Instituted on 19 July 1866. A Maltese cross constructed of copper plated bronze, the obverse with a central medallion bearing the crowned cipher of King Ludwig II within a border in the form of a buckled belt inscribed with lettering reading Merenti (Latin Merit), the reverse with a central medallion bearing a crowned Bavarian lion within a border in the form of a buckled belt