We present the ROSAT PSPC pointed and ROSAT All-Sky Survey (RASS, Cat. <IX/10>) observations and the results of our low and high spectral resolution optical follow-up observations of the T Tauri stars (TTS) and X-ray selected T Tauri star candidates in the region of the high galactic latitude dark cloud MBM 12 (L1453-L1454, L1457, L1458). Table 4 lists all of the X-ray detected sources in the direction of the molecular cloud MBM12 along with relevant X-ray and optical data.