Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order, Officer’s Cross With Flames And Swords, C.1915 certificate_of_authenticity March 8th 1896

March 8th 1896

an SS-Obersturmbannfuhrer who was awarded the Knight's Cross on January 16th 1945 for his actions in the area of Colmar in November of 1944

experiencing shrapnel in the back and shoulder

maker marked “Jos

Lachine and Cornwall

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order, Officer’s Cross With Flames And Swords, C.1915 certificate_of_authenticity March 8th 18961905 1918 issue. (Bayrischer Militrverdienstorden, Offizierkreuz mit Flammen mit Schwertern). A silver gilt Maltese cross with four blue enameled arms, 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); with a hollow crown soldered atop the upper arm