Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iv Class With Swords, C.1915 Hold 45mm x 33mm

45mm x 33mm

silver clasp bearing two stars on its original ribbon

award document signed in ink by Oberst

Tudor crown

then to the H

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iv Class With Swords, C.1915 Hold 45mm x 33mm(Militr Verdienstkreuz IV. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1905 1918 Issue). A silver Maltese Cross with blue enameled arms, with flames between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a silver crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a white enameled border in the form of a buckled belt with silver letters reading MERENTI (MERIT), the reverse with a central black enameled