Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross With Swords, Iii Class, C.1915 Newly Listed the cotton has yellowed with

the cotton has yellowed with age and there are sporadic tears and patches of mothing

The year before the Great War broke out

2nd Pattern (CSSR - in silver

5 mm (w) x 42

8 mm (w) x 56 mm (h) inclusive of its wreath suspension

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross With Swords, Iii Class, C.1915 Newly Listed the cotton has yellowed withInstituted 19 July 1866. A Maltese cross paty constructed of zinc, with crossed Roman swords above the 12 oclock cross arm, the obverse centre presents a circular central medallion bearing the crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a circular border in the form of a buckled belt inscribed MERENTI (MERIT) above, with arabesques below, the reverse centre bearing the Bavarian crowned lion rampant within a circular border in the form of a buckled belt