Bavaria. An Order Of Military Merit Commander's Cross Second Class In Gold Buy Now with a stem and loop

with a stem and loop suspension

Hughes was discharged from service on January 25

1915 in the gun positions near Ypres

the shell is also stamped

this badge remains very fine

Bavaria. An Order Of Military Merit Commander's Cross Second Class In Gold Buy Now with a stem and loop1905 1921 Issue; A well preserved example of a Bavarian Order of Military Merit Commander's Cross Second Class; gold Maltese cross with blue, white, and black enamels; 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