Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iv Class With Swords, By Weiss & Cie, C.1914 GTRexclude contact marks throughout from light

contact marks throughout from light use

most of whom were Canadians

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

Corporal Chevrons (green embroidery on navy blue cotton

marked with the Papal coat-of-arms and maker marked "A TANTANI ROMA" on the inside white satin lid

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iv Class With Swords, By Weiss & Cie, C.1914 GTRexclude contact marks throughout from light(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