Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iv Class With Swords Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic 203 mm x 326 mm)

203 mm x 326 mm)

early nickel silver examples are relatively rare

The cover features a gold embossed coat of arms of Upper Canada College

The images are fully uncaptioned and the album is unmarked

1894 in Nova Scotia (no place noted)

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iv Class With Swords Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic 203 mm x 326 mm)(Militr Verdienstorden, IV. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1905 1918 issue). Constructed of silver with multi coloured enamel, consisting of a Maltese Cross with blue enameled arms joined together through the quadrants by stylized flames, the obverse bearing a central black enameled medallion overlaid by a gilded monogram of King Ludwig II, within a stylized white enameled belt and buckle bearing a gilt inscription