Germany, Bavaria. An Order Of Military Merit, Third Class With Crown And Swords, C.1914 certificate_of_authenticity measuring 181 mm x 89

measuring 181 mm x 89 mm

all the awards are contained within (post 1945 custom made) two display cases

original ribbon exhibiting light soiling on the reverse

with its left tank track extending over the edge of the badge

Germany, Bavaria. An Order Of Military Merit, Third Class With Crown And Swords, C.1914 certificate_of_authenticity measuring 181 mm x 89A fine example of a Bavarian Order of Military Merit Third Class (Bayerische Militrverdienstorden, III. Klasse mit Krone); in silver gilt, 40mm (x 64mm including crown suspension); finely executed Maltese cross with blue, white, and black enamels; the obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a gold crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a white enameled border in the form of a buckled belt with gold letters reading Merenti (Latin