Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order In Gold, I Class Grand Cross, By Gebrüder Hemmerle, C.1910 certificate_of_authenticity with a non-swiveling crown directly

with a non-swiveling crown directly above

8 mm (w) x 60 mm (h) inclusive of its wreath and ball suspension

An Evangelische Frauenhilfe badge

beneath a largely unsupported and unstable roof structure

crossed swords with date "1332" clasp on the original ribbon with pinback hanger

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order In Gold, I Class Grand Cross, By Gebrüder Hemmerle, C.1910 certificate_of_authenticity with a non-swiveling crown directly(Bayerische Militrverdienstorden I Klasse). Instituted 19 July 1866. (1905 1918 Issue). An exquisite award consisting of a hollow Gold Maltese cross with blue enameled arms and hand etched Gold flames in each quadrant, centre obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a crowned cipher of King Ludwig III and surrounded by a broad white enameled ring in the form of a buckled belt, inscribed MERENTI (MERIT), in Gold lettering, reverse centre