Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, I Class With Crown And Swords Archive It features a 190 mm-long

It features a 190 mm-long magnetic metal blade with a sharpened tip and lower edge

Each side has two ventilation holes between the piping and wool band

Constructed of silvered cast zink with copper plating between the raw metal and the silver finish

of dark blue wool construction

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, I Class With Crown And Swords Archive It features a 190 mm-long(Militrverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Krone und Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1913 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded copper with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central black enameled medallion overlaid by a gilded monogram of King Ludwig II, set within a white enameled belt and buckle bearing a gilt inscription of MERENTI with arabesques, the reverse bearing a