Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Cross with Swords Auction Order of Saint Maurice and

Order of Saint Maurice and St

In Feb 1942 he is examined again

minor tarnishing of the medal evident

The plan was never formally accepted but was the basis for a later mobilization and force structure

the UNKM is privately impressed

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Cross with Swords Auction Order of Saint Maurice and(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