Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Third Class, With Swords, By Jacob Leser, C.1914 United Republic of 15th Infantry Battalion "48th Highlanders

15th Infantry Battalion "48th Highlanders of Canada" Collar Tab (browning copper

on a bluish-gray wool

"The King of Rome" (weighing 3

(impressed: 3532 PTE A

Mittweida” and “B” on the reverse

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Third Class, With Swords, By Jacob Leser, C.1914 United Republic of 15th Infantry Battalion "48th Highlanders(Militrverdienstorden Kreuz 3. Klasse mit Schwertern). c. 1905 1918. A silver gilt 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 silver gilt crowned cipher of King Ludwig III, surrounded by a broad white enameled ring in the form of a buckled belt, inscribed Merenti (Latin Merit), in silver gilt lettering; the reverse with a central black enameled