Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Third Class, With Swords, By Jacob Leser, C.1914 Auction a former officer and head

a former officer and head of the old-guard conservative "Herrenklub" (Gentlemen's club) in Berlin

He was trained in espionage

Ernst Udet (3) and Richard Wenzl (1)

Geach had a narrow escape from death

Cloth patch machine sewn to shirt

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Third Class, With Swords, By Jacob Leser, C.1914 Auction a former officer and head(Militrverdienstorden Kreuz 3. Klasse mit Schwertern). c. 1905 1918. A silver gilt Maltese cross with blue enameled arms and with flames between the arms of the cross; the obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a silver gilt crowned cipher of King Ludwig III, surrounded by a broad white enameled ring in the form of a buckled belt, inscribed Merenti (Latin Merit), in silver gilt lettering; the reverse with a central black enameled