Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, I Class Cross with Swords and Crown, by Gebrüder Hemmerle, c.1918 United Republic of inscribed "SHAHID TAPU / SWARJYA

inscribed "SHAHID TAPU / SWARJYA TAPU" above the Provisional Government Azad Hind insignia at the far right

with most of it’s silver finish worn off on the obverse

including a matching set of German Red Cross (DRK) second pattern Officer’s collar tabs

formerly an officer in the United States Army but resident in Canada since 1880

5 mm stickpin at the other end

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, I Class Cross with Swords and Crown, by Gebrüder Hemmerle, c.1918 United Republic of inscribed "SHAHID TAPU / SWARJYA(Militr Verdienstorden, I. Klasse mit Krone und Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. Military Division. (1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with its arms joined together through the quadrants by stylized and exceptionally detailed flames, the obverse bearing a central black enamelled medallion overlaid by a gilded and crowned monogram of King Ludwig II, set within a