Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iv Class With Swords, By Weiss & Cie, C.1914 GTRexclude An early nickel SS enlisted

An early nickel SS enlisted man's belt buckle

Corporal Chevrons (green embroidery on navy blue cotton

Forbes enlisted as a Stoker 1st Class (V12196) with the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve on September 15

contact marks throughout from light use

marked "800" (silver) and maker marked "M

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iv Class With Swords, By Weiss & Cie, C.1914 GTRexclude An early nickel SS enlisted(Bayerische Militrverdienstorden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern). Issued 1905 1918. A silver Maltese cross with blue enameled arms, and with 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