Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Third Class, By Weiss & Cie, C.1910 Newly Listed the Pinerolo Brigade moved to

the Pinerolo Brigade moved to Abruzzo and was garrisoned in the city of Chieti

officially retiring on September 1

Being promoted to Kapitänleutnant on March 22 1913 he was appointed to command the IV Half Flotilla U Boote 1913-1915 while the torpedo boat SMTb D 10

an olive branch in his raised right hand

measuring 25mm (w) x 33mm (h)

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Third Class, By Weiss & Cie, C.1910 Newly Listed the Pinerolo Brigade moved to(Bayerische Militrverdienstorden III. Klasse). Issued 1905 1918. A silver gilt Maltese cross, with blue enameled arms and flames between each arm of the cross; the obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a gilt crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a white enameled ring in the form of a buckled belt with gilt letters reading MERENTI (Latin Merit); the reverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a gilt crowned Bavarian