Bavaria. A 1913-1918 Issue Order Of Military Merit Cross First Class With Swords And Crown Auction Archive with scabbard

with scabbard

Upon his return form Korea

First Class - In non magnetic metal

1943 following self-disintegration

measuring 54 mm x 57 mm

Bavaria. A 1913-1918 Issue Order Of Military Merit Cross First Class With Swords And Crown Auction Archive with scabbardA well preserved example of a 1913 1918 issue Bavarian Order of Military Merit Cross First Class with Swords and Crown; silver gilt Maltese cross with black and white enamels; the obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a gold crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a white enameled border in the form of a buckled belt with gold letters reading Merenti (Latin Merit); the reverse with a central gilt medallion bearing a golden crowned