Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Military Division, Iii Class Cross By Jacob Leser Auction Archive Beike received an Iron Cross

Beike received an Iron Cross

light gilt wear on crown

in uniform and wearing the Knight’s Cross

bearing double-sided central sunwheel-style mobile swastikas

The wide pommel is connected at the base via a large six-pointed screw

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Military Division, Iii Class Cross By Jacob Leser Auction Archive Beike received an Iron Cross(Militr Verdienstorden, Kreuz III. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1866 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with blue enameled arms, joined together through the quadrants by stylized flames, the obverse bearing a central black enameled medallion, overlaid by a gilded monogram of King Ludwig II, set within a white enameled belt and buckle, bearing a