Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iv Class With Swords, C.1915 GTRexclude An Order of the Red

An Order of the Red Eagle

Ayres was Commanding Officer with the Fifth Medical Battalion and was Assistant Division Surgeon

he flew for the German pilot licence

MONTDIDIER-NOYON

and the black-and-white photograph seems to have had a decoration etched out of the image

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iv Class With Swords, C.1915 GTRexclude An Order of the Red(Militr Verdienstkreuz IV. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1905 1918 Issue). Constructed of silver with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the loop bearing a crossed sword clasp, consisting of a Maltese Cross with flames emanating from between the quadrants, the obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a silver crowned monogram of Ludwig III within a white