Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Fourth Class With Swords And Crown, By Gebrüder Hemmerle, C.1915 GTRexclude Weller was piloting an RE8

Weller was piloting an RE8 (A/4220) over Belgium on September 16

which had taken refuge by then in Paris

Buckle constructed in silvered aluminum

the helmeted bust of Britannia left

51 mm x 51

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Fourth Class With Swords And Crown, By Gebrüder Hemmerle, C.1915 GTRexclude Weller was piloting an RE8(Militrverdienstorden, Kreuz 4. Klasse, mit Krone und Schwertern). Issued 1905 1918. A silver 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