Bavaria, Kingdon. A Military Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords And Case, By Gebrüder Hemmerle Auction Archive measuring 19 mm (w) x

measuring 19 mm (w) x 19 mm (h)

Instituted 30 September 1814 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III

a Sergeant on August 19

measuring 18 (w) x 27

Originally the order had only one class and all Russian veterans of the First World War were entitled to receive it

Bavaria, Kingdon. A Military Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords And Case, By Gebrüder Hemmerle Auction Archive measuring 19 mm (w) x(Militrverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1905 1913 issue). Constructed of silvered copper with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central black enameled medallion overlaid by a raised monogram of King Ludwig II, within a stylized white enameled buckle bearing a silvered