Bavaria, Kingdom. A Merit Cross For 1870/1871 Archive The organization was founded in

The organization was founded in 1891

1 Clasp - PAMPLONA (bronze gilt

USS North Carolina sortied with USS Enterprise's carrier group on June 6

measuring 66 mm x 68 mm

typically issued un-named but numbered

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Merit Cross For 1870/1871 Archive The organization was founded in(Bayerisches Verdienstkreuz fr 1870 1871). Issued on 12. 5. 1871 by King Ludwig II. (ussued 1870 1871). A cross pattee with a Gold frame and silver arms, the obverse with a raised white enameled central medallion with a painted red cross, surrounded by a black raised ring of of enamels, the reverse with a central silver medallion with a sun ray pattern, adorned by a Gold crowned cipher of King Ludwig, surrounded by a blue ring of enamels, dated 1870