Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, War Merit Cross First Class, With Crown, C. 1915 certificate_of_authenticity 8 mm (w) x 51

8 mm (w) x 51

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Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, War Merit Cross First Class, With Crown, C. 1915 certificate_of_authenticity 8 mm (w) x 51(Militrverdienstkreuz des Bayerischen Militrverdienstorden I. mit Klasse, Krone). Issued 1913 1918. A Maltese cross in gilded silver; the obverse with a central medallion bearing the crowned cipher of King Ludwig II within a border in the form of a buckled belt inscribed with lettering reading Merenti (Latin Merit); the reverse with a central medallion bearing a crowned Bavarian lion within a border in the form of a buckled belt with numbers reading