Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order With Swords, Ii Class Knight, C.1914 Newly Listed (This is a first time

(This is a first time we have encountered a cross with such engraving on reverse)

some shots of equipment

Austrian Award Document for War Merit Cross

and there is minor material fatigue evident to the exterior

Very fine quality badge in practically mint condition

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order With Swords, Ii Class Knight, C.1914 Newly Listed (This is a first time(Militr Verdienstkreuz). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. Type I. (1866 1921 Issue). A silver Maltese Cross with blue enamelled arms, the obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a silver crowned cipher of King Ludwig within a white enamelled border in the form of a buckled belt with silver letters reading MERENTI (MERIT), the reverse with a central black enamelled medallion bearing a silver crowned Bavarian lion rampant