Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order With Swords, Ii Class Knight, C.1914 Newly Listed A Late War German General

A Late War German General Assault Badge - In zinc

some shots of equipment

Very fine quality badge in practically mint condition

1 Clasp - TEL-EL-KEBIR (8065 GUNr T

the reverse with a large studio photographer mark and a short inscription in German and dated "1898"

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order With Swords, Ii Class Knight, C.1914 Newly Listed A Late War German General(Militr Verdienstkreuz). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. Type I. (1866 1921 Issue). A silver Maltese Cross with blue enamelled arms, the obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a silver crowned cipher of King Ludwig within a white enamelled border in the form of a buckled belt with silver letters reading MERENTI (MERIT), the reverse with a central black enamelled medallion bearing a silver crowned Bavarian lion rampant