Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, I Class Cross With Swords And Crown, By Gebrüder Hemmerle, C.1918 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 148 mm (w) x

measuring 148 mm (w) x 98 mm (h)

This is a signed First Edition

and was named a member of the British Royal Academy of Music

for Bravery in Armoured Combat Against Japanese Forces in Burma

the medallion features an enameled white horse on a red enamelled field on a green painted foreground

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, I Class Cross With Swords And Crown, By Gebrüder Hemmerle, C.1918 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 148 mm (w) x(Militr Verdienstorden, I. Klasse mit Krone und Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with its arms joined together through the quadrants by stylized and exceptionally detailed flames, the obverse bearing a central black enameled medallion overlaid by a gilded and crowned monogram of King Ludwig II, set within a white enameled belt