Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iv Class With Crown And Swords, C.1914 Newly Listed Eastern Ontario Regiment was seconded

Eastern Ontario Regiment was seconded for duty with the Royal Flying Corps on September 6

(FAD = Freiwilliger Arbeitsdienst) In stamped brass with silvered brass face plate affixed by two rivets

inscribed "He 115

Gefreiter (Lance Corporal) Ried

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iv Class With Crown And Swords, C.1914 Newly Listed Eastern Ontario Regiment was seconded(Militr Verdienstkreuz IV ). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1905 1918 Issue). A silver Maltese Cross with blue enameled arms, with flames between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a silver crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a white enameled border in the form of a buckled belt with silver letters reading MERENTI (MERIT), the reverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a