Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order In Gold, I Class Grand Cross, By Gebrüder Hemmerle, C.1910 Archive Dolphin (1918)

Dolphin (1918)

Gold-coloured and copper-coloured gilt on zinc

with Ten Years' Service Clasp (silver gilt

MALCOLMSON)

with its period original ribbon affixed to the backplate

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order In Gold, I Class Grand Cross, By Gebrüder Hemmerle, C.1910 Archive Dolphin (1918)(Bayerische Militrverdienstorden I Klasse). Instituted 19 July 1866. (1905 1918 Issue). An exquisite award consisting of a hollow Gold Maltese cross with blue enameled arms and hand etched Gold flames in each quadrant, centre obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a crowned cipher of King Ludwig III and surrounded by a broad white enameled ring in the form of a buckled belt, inscribed MERENTI (MERIT), in Gold lettering, reverse centre