Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iii Class With Swords And Award Document, To Joseph Grossmüller Newly Listed with a badge fastened to

with a badge fastened to the bottom inscribed “30 Jahre Kameradschaft München” in white lettering

on a green backer

obverse bears the cypher of Tsar Nicholas II

54 mm long knurled pin

granted by the Aero Club of America at the Atlantic Coast Aeronautical Station Curtis School

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iii Class With Swords And Award Document, To Joseph Grossmüller Newly Listed with a badge fastened to(Militr Verdienstkreuz, III. Klasse mit Schwertern und Verleihungsurkunde). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1913 1918 issue). Constructed of coppered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, affixed to a bar with a horizontal pinback, the decoration consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central raised monogram of King Ludwig II, within a stylized belt and buckle bearing an inscription