Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Cross with Swords Auction and Eight-Ribbon Ribbon Bar (Most

and Eight-Ribbon Ribbon Bar (Most Honourable Order of the Bath

Order of Saint Maurice and St

an 80 mm waistband is sewn into the bottom with two pleats on the left and right panels

Order of Merit to the Nation

minor tarnishing of the medal evident

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Cross with Swords Auction and Eight-Ribbon Ribbon Bar (Most(Militrverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1913 1918). Constructed of copper with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse overlaid by a central black enameled medallion bearing a raised and gilded monogram of King Ludwig II, situated within a stylized white enameled belt and buckle bearing a gilt inscription of MERENTI (MERIT) with arabesques, the twelve