Bavaria, Kingdom. A Bavarian Military Merit Cross, Third Class With Swords Auction non-magnetic

non-magnetic

58 mm (w) x 48

green laurels

dark patina on three of the silver medals

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Bavarian Military Merit Cross, Third Class With Swords Auction non-magnetic(Militr Verdienstkreuz). Constructed of coppered bronze, presents as a Maltese Cross with crossed swords above the upper arm, the obverse with a circular central medallion with the cypher of King Ludwig III, surrounded by a ring inscribed MERENTI (MERIT), the reverse bearing the Bavarian lion rampant circumscribed by a buckled belt dated 1866, on a loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, unmarked, measuring 43 mm (w) x 65 mm (h), in near