Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order With Swords, Ii Class Knight, C.1914 Auction A First War Medal Pair

A First War Medal Pair to the Royal Navy

incorporating an ornate stylized "shell" design on both sides of the handle

the Order of the Dragon of Annam was abolished and replaced by the National Order of Vietnam which was later retained and revised by the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)

Constructed of fine quality red wine colored velvet fabric

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order With Swords, Ii Class Knight, C.1914 Auction A First War Medal Pair(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