Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order, Iv Class With Swords, By Gebruder Hemmerle GTRexclude The White Division is awarded

The White Division is awarded in recognition of meritorious service during military missions

He was posted to the British Columbia Regimental Depot on May 3

Signed across photograph and with caption below

marked 23 mm (w) x 16 mm (h)

he was transferred to the 78th Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Grenadiers" (Manitoba Regiment) at Seaford on December 28th

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order, Iv Class With Swords, By Gebruder Hemmerle GTRexclude The White Division is awarded(Militr Verdienstkreuz IV. Klasse mit Schwertern). A Maltese Cross constructed of silver, with swords crossed above the upper arm, the obverse central medallion presents the cipher for King Ludwig III, circumscribed by the inscription MERENTI (MERIT), the reverse bears the Bavarian crowned lion circumscribed by a buckled belt, dated 1866, marked 900 on reverse of swords denoting silver content, measuring 40. 99 mm (w) x 47. 88 mm (h), weighing 25. 7