Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order of Military Merit, IV Class Cross with Swords, by Jacob Leser Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the upper left corner bearing

the upper left corner bearing a maker’s mark

inscribed: "Veterans of Foreign Wars National Space Award Gold Medal and Citation presented to Edward H

First badge is die-stamped brass with red

accompanied by a portrait of an unidentified child

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order of Military Merit, IV Class Cross with Swords, by Jacob Leser Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the upper left corner bearing(Militr Verdienstorden Kreuz IV. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1905 1918). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross with blue enameled arms joined through the quadrants by stylized flames, the obverse bearing a central black enameled medallion overlaid by a raised monogram of King Ludwig II, situated with a stylized white enameled belt bearing a silvered inscription of MERENTI with arabesques,