Bavaria, Kingdom. A Cased Order Of Military Merit, War Merit Cross Third Class, With Swords GTRexclude 7 mm x 95 mm

7 mm x 95 mm

in gilt and pebbled red enamels

reverse illustrating a winged female in flight

9 AFU Anson EF953

original signature of Generalleutnant

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Cased Order Of Military Merit, War Merit Cross Third Class, With Swords GTRexclude 7 mm x 95 mm(Militrverdienstkreuz des Bayerischen Militrverdienstorden III. Klasse, mit Schwertern). A Maltese cross constructed of copper plated bronze; the obverse with a central medallion bearing the crowned cipher of King Ludwig II within a border in the form of a buckled belt inscribed with lettering reading Merenti (Latin Merit); the reverse with a central medallion bearing a crowned Bavarian lion within a border in the form of a buckled belt with numbers