Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order of Military Merit, IV Class Cross with Swords on Parade Mount, by Jacob Leser consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Headquarters Canadian Base Units

Headquarters Canadian Base Units

with silver hallmarks on the swivel ring but undecipherable

he maintained a winter home in Palm Beach

He was doing plain clothes work

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order of Military Merit, IV Class Cross with Swords on Parade Mount, by Jacob Leser consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Headquarters Canadian Base Units(Militr Verdienstorden, Kreuz III. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1866 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with blue enameled arms joined through the quadrants by stylized flames, the obverse bearing a central black enameled medallion overlaid by a gilt monogram of King Ludwig II, surrounded by a white enameled belt and buckle bearing a gilt