Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit In Gold, Second Class With Swords, By Hemmerle, C.1915 GTRexclude Breast Star in silver gilt

Breast Star in silver gilt with a four pointed multi rayed base

engraved "1940" on the reverse

measuring 103 mm x 49 mm

Pembroke (effective June 1

the British Commonwealth Forces opted to have Perks handle a radio operator's duties with a Field Artillery unit engaged in the Korean "Police Action"

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit In Gold, Second Class With Swords, By Hemmerle, C.1915 GTRexclude Breast Star in silver gilt1905 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