Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Civil Division Ii Class With Case, By Gebrüder Hemmerle Auction A silver gilt Maltese cross

A silver gilt Maltese cross with white enameled arms

a Prussian 15-Year Long Service Cross

including a Cavalry/Reconnaissance strap

Footnote: The 23rd U-Jagdflottille was a Kriegsmarine submarine chaser unit established in May of 1944 in Constanța

with the ribbing wrapped with twisted and rolled silvered copper wire

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Civil Division Ii Class With Case, By Gebrüder Hemmerle Auction A silver gilt Maltese cross(Militrverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1905 1918 issue). Constructed of silver and enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a central black enameled disc overlaid by a raised monogram of King Ludwig II, within a white enameled belt and buckle bearing a gilt inscription of MERENTI (MERIT) and arabesques, the