Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Third Class With Swords, By Gebrüder Hemmerle, C.1914 Newly Listed Footnote: Prince Paul of Yugoslavia

Footnote: Prince Paul of Yugoslavia went to an Official State visit with Hitler in June 1

He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on May 23

His Purple Heart Extract dated the same day reads as follows: "AWARD OF THE PURPLE HEART

lacquered better than very fine

slightly torn

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Third Class With Swords, By Gebrüder Hemmerle, C.1914 Newly Listed Footnote: Prince Paul of Yugoslavia(Bayerische Militrverdienstorden III. Klasse mit Schwertern). Issued 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 gilt silver crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a white enameled border in the form of a buckled belt with silver gilt letters reading MERENTI (Latin Merit); the reverse with a central black enameled