Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit In Gold, Second Class With Swords, By Hemmerle, C.1915 United Republic of 5 mm x 29 mm)

5 mm x 29 mm)

marked "II" (Mark II) and dated "1942" on the rear cradle arm

plus larger pockets at the waist on either side

1942 and were scheduled for a bombing mission aboard their Hampden Bomber but had their mission aborted

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit In Gold, Second Class With Swords, By Hemmerle, C.1915 United Republic of 5 mm x 29 mm)1905 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