Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iv Class Cross With Swords Hold Constructed of pressed leather

Constructed of pressed leather

marked BRONZE on rim

between Rodgers and his love

WWI 71st Infantry Battalion Sweetheart Pin - Sterling silver and enamels

tiny hole at the bottom of the medal

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iv Class Cross With Swords Hold Constructed of pressed leather(Militr Verdienstorden Kreuz IV. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1905 1918 issue). Constructed of silver with gilt and enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with blue enameled arms, joined together through the quadrants by stylized flames, the obverse bearing a central black enameled disc overlaid by a gilt monogram of King Ludwig II, set within a stylized gilded and white enameled belt and buckle, bearing an