Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order With Swords, Ii Class Knight, C.1914 Buy Now 1938 in Koblenz

1938 in Koblenz

with 61 of all ranks being killed

measuring 462 mm with the scabbard on

the top row in the form of a sideways square

above a gilt banner bearing a black Cyrillic inscription of “ВА Г

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order With Swords, Ii Class Knight, C.1914 Buy Now 1938 in Koblenz(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