Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit I Class In Gold, By Gebrüder Hemmerle, C.1910 certificate_of_authenticity maker marked "MARTIN & SON

maker marked "MARTIN & SON CHELTENHAM" on the inside lid

Sadie Marion Fincher

with an Iron Cross 1939 ribbon fed through the top button hole

1944 and November 16

His breathing is laboured and audible

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit I Class In Gold, By Gebrüder Hemmerle, C.1910 certificate_of_authenticity maker marked "MARTIN & SON(Bayerische Militrverdienstorden, I. Klasse, in Gold). Issued 1905 1918. A hollow Gold Maltese cross with blue enameled arms and with Gold flames between the arms of the cross; the obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a silver gilt crowned cipher of King Ludwig III, surrounded by a broad white enameled ring in the form of a buckled belt, inscribed MERENTI (Latin Merit), in Gold lettering; the reverse with a central black enameled