Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order of Military Merit, IV Class Cross with Swords and Crown, by Weiss & Co. United Republic of but of typical French WWI

but of typical French WWI period manufacture

the reverse is marked “GUSTAV DESCHLER ABZEICHEN FABRIK MÜNCHEN” and bears a vertical pinback

the reverse in a smooth finished light brown leather

Both with a swing bar pinback

32 mm x 82

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order of Military Merit, IV Class Cross with Swords and Crown, by Weiss & Co. United Republic of but of typical French WWI(Militr Verdienstorden Kreuz IV. Klasse mit Krone und Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1905 1918 issue). Constructed of silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with blue enameled arms joined through the quadrants by stylized flames, the obverse bearing a central black enameled medallion overlaid by a silver monogram of King Ludwig II, situated within stylized white enameled belt and buckle, bearing a