Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iv Class With Swords, C.1915 certificate_of_authenticity and Victory Medal (63343 PTE

and Victory Medal (63343 PTE

none of which are included with his MC

The reverse identifies him as Johann Schmied

designed to be fitted upon the accompanying shoulder belt (bandolier)

with the attack being repelled

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iv Class With Swords, C.1915 certificate_of_authenticity and Victory Medal (63343 PTE(Militr Verdienstkreuz IV. Klasse mit Schwertern). 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