Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross With Swords, Iii Class, C.1915 Newly Listed wear on ricasso from in-out

wear on ricasso from in-out movements

dark patina on the obverse

the reverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a silver crowned Bavarian lion within a white enameled border in the form of a buckled belt with silver numbers reading “1866” in gold

scattered gilt wear and edge nicks on the latter medal

The year before the Great War broke out

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross With Swords, Iii Class, C.1915 Newly Listed wear on ricasso from in-outInstituted 19 July 1866. A Maltese cross paty constructed of zinc, with crossed Roman swords above the 12 oclock cross arm, the obverse centre presents a circular central medallion bearing the crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a circular border in the form of a buckled belt inscribed MERENTI (MERIT) above, with arabesques below, the reverse centre bearing the Bavarian crowned lion rampant within a circular border in the form of a buckled belt