Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, II Class Cross with Crown Archive measuring 111 mm (w) x

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

All the award documents present two punched holes on left edge and a central folding crease

and bearing silver aluminum wire Latin Cross situated within oval oak leaf wreaths

000 prisoners were held here

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, II Class Cross with Crown Archive measuring 111 mm (w) x(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