Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit In Gold, Second Class With Swords, By Hemmerle, C.1915 GTRexclude RIVALTA MOD

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placing third with a 45 hp Mercedes and a 100-mph handicap of 8

His regiment was part of the 27th Panzer Division which suffered heavy losses during Soviet counter offensives following the Battle of Stalingrad

A very fine grouping to along a serving soldier who rose through ranks and become Major

exhibiting moderate use and age

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit In Gold, Second Class With Swords, By Hemmerle, C.1915 GTRexclude RIVALTA MOD1905 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