Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Long Service And Military Merit Medal Bar Newly Listed Private Porter was in action

Private Porter was in action at Ypres when he suffered gas poisoning from an exploding shell

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Grand Officer's Set - Neck Badge

Light soiling on the reverse of the Pilot photograph

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Long Service And Military Merit Medal Bar Newly Listed Private Porter was in action(Ordensschnalle). A Bavarian medal bar, including a Military Merit Cross, III Class with Swords and Crown (Militr Verdienstkreuz), a Maltese Cross constructed of bronze, with swords crossed above the upper arm, the obverse central medallion presents the cipher for King Ludwig III, circumscribed by the inscription MERENTI (MERIT), the reverse bears the Bavarian crowned lion circumscribed by a buckled belt, dated 1866, measuring 43. 43 mm (w) x 66. 44