Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iv Class With Crown And Swords, C.1914 certificate_of_authenticity marked "1916" on the obverse

marked "1916" on the obverse

By mid-January

A First War Iron Cross Medal Pair -

marked 52 on ring

Clarke's battalion was charged with capturing a fifty-yard-long salient between the Canadian position at Mouquet Farm and Courcelette to the north

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iv Class With Crown And Swords, C.1914 certificate_of_authenticity marked "1916" on the obverse(Militr Verdienstkreuz IV ). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1905 1918 Issue). A silver Maltese Cross with blue enameled arms, with flames between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a silver crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a white enameled border in the form of a buckled belt with silver letters reading MERENTI (MERIT), the reverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a