Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iii Class With Swords And Case, C.1918 Auction Archive After six months at Manchester

After six months at Manchester

All awards and documents in generally extremely fine condition

with evidence of pinback repair

illustrating a group of eighteen officers in the doorway of a brick building

featuring a plain reverse also in silver gilt

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iii Class With Swords And Case, C.1918 Auction Archive After six months at Manchester(Militrverdienstkreuz, III. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1913 1918 issue). Constructed of coppered bronze, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a raised central monogram of King Ludwig II, within a stylized belt bearing an inscription of MERENTI (MERIT), the twelve oclock arm overlaid by a crossed sword clasp, the reverse bearing a raised central Bavarian lion rampant,