Bavaria. An Order Of Military Merit, Third Class Knight With Swords, C.1915 United Republic of followed by a transfer ten

followed by a transfer ten months later to the Corps of Military Staff Clerks in Ottawa on April 10

Demonstrating a radical shift in thinking

Ottawa (November 1937 - June 1940)

along with letters confirming his eligibility for the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal and the Efficiency Medal with Canada Scroll

with original LDO paper slip

Bavaria. An Order Of Military Merit, Third Class Knight With Swords, C.1915 United Republic of followed by a transfer ten1905 1918 issue. (Militrverdienstorden Kreuz 3. Klasse mit Schwertern); A silver gilt Maltese cross with four arms in blue enamels, and with silver gilt flames between the arms of the cross; the obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a gold crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a white enameled border in the form of a buckled belt with gold letters reading Merenti (Latin Merit); the reverse with a central black enameled medallion