Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, II Class Cross with Crown Archive red enameled Maltese cross

red enameled Maltese cross

measuring 111 mm (w) x 24 mm (h))

HMCS York in February 1956

overlaid by a central sword on top of a mobile swastika

"LBA37" and "Brago"

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, II Class Cross with Crown Archive red enameled Maltese cross(Militrverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Krone). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1913 1918 issue). Constructed of silvered copper with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central black enameled medallion, overlaid by a raised monogram of King Ludwig II, situated within a stylized white enameled belt and buckle bearing a silvered inscription of MERENTI (MERIT) with arabesques, the