Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Cross with Swords Auction The Group was renamed Nr

The Group was renamed Nr

minor tarnishing of the medal evident

Order of Saint Maurice and St

The plan was never formally accepted but was the basis for a later mobilization and force structure

and Eight-Ribbon Ribbon Bar (Most Honourable Order of the Bath

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Cross with Swords Auction The Group was renamed Nr(Militrverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1913 1918). Constructed of copper with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse overlaid by a central black enameled medallion bearing a raised and gilded monogram of King Ludwig II, situated within a stylized white enameled belt and buckle bearing a gilt inscription of MERENTI (MERIT) with arabesques, the twelve