A Bavarian Military Merit Cross 2Nd Class With Swords Auction Archive and crashing in the mountainous

and crashing in the mountainous area between Marradi and Pistoia

55 mm x 123 mm

Four Awards Stickpin: Iron Crosses 1st and 2nd Classes 1914

printed in black ink on a cream-coloured paper stock

the blade measuring 272 mm in length

A Bavarian Military Merit Cross 2Nd Class With Swords Auction Archive and crashing in the mountainousA fine example of a Bavarian Military Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords; silvered, with black and white enamels; maltese cross with crossed swords above the upper arm; the obverse with a circular central black enamel medallion with the cypher of King Ludwig III in silver,. Surrounded by a white enameled ring inscribed Merenti (Merit) in silver lettering; the reverse without enamels, bearing the Bavarian crowned lion circumscribed by a buckled belt