Bavaria. An Order Of Military Merit, Miniature Officer’s Cross In Gold With Flames GTRexclude maker marked “Scheideanstalt Oberstein” on

maker marked “Scheideanstalt Oberstein” on the reverse

The BdU twice ordered U-196 to come to aid before Kentrat responded accordingly by that time U-197 and the entire crew were lost at sea

In fire gilded bronze

both with horizontal pinbacks

contat marks

Bavaria. An Order Of Military Merit, Miniature Officer’s Cross In Gold With Flames GTRexclude maker marked “Scheideanstalt Oberstein” onAn extremely fine quality example of a Bavarian Order of Military Merit Officers Cross (Bayerische Militrverdienstorden Offizierkreuz) miniature pendant; a golden Maltese cross with four arms in blue enamels; the obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a gold crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a white enameled border in the form of a buckled belt with gold letters reading Merenti (Latin Merit); with a crown soldered atop the