Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order Of St. Michael Merit Cross, Iii Class With Swords, C.1915 Auction Archive dark patina on the reverse

dark patina on the reverse

Mnchen - Medal for Four Years of Service

the reverse with a handwritten inscription and date of “1943”

75 mm x 33

and almost certainly by German maker JFS (Josef Feix & Söhne

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order Of St. Michael Merit Cross, Iii Class With Swords, C.1915 Auction Archive dark patina on the reverse(Militar Verdienstorden) Instituted 19 July 1866. A Maltese cross paty constructed of gilded copper, the obverse centre bears a medallion with a crowned L cipher on a black enamel background, encompassed by a white enamel border detailed to resemble a belt with the inscription MERENTI, the cross arms are pebbled, the reverse centre bears a crowned lion rampant encompassed by a border detailed to resemble a belt with the date 1866, the obverse top