Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross Second Class, With Crown & Swords Newly Listed but was killed during a

but was killed during a ‘Dark Radar Exercise’ on 15 August when his aircraft crashed into a hill near Helmsdale in Sutherland

A Kriegsstammrolle (service record)

with its maker identification marks having worn off with time

marked “6” on the pinback for “Fritz Zimmermann of Stuttgart”

Epaulette Pair with Carrier (each epaulette with decorative stiff-frames

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross Second Class, With Crown & Swords Newly Listed but was killed during a(Bayerisches Militr Verdienstkreuz, II. Klasse, mit Krone und Schwertern). A Silver Maltese cross with crossed Roman Swords; the obverse with a circular 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 lettering; the reverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a silver gilt crowned