Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross With Swords, Iii Class, C.1915 Newly Listed 2nd Pattern (CSSR - in

2nd Pattern (CSSR - in silver

8 mm (w) x 56 mm (h) inclusive of its wreath suspension

The year before the Great War broke out

wear on ricasso from in-out movements

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross With Swords, Iii Class, C.1915 Newly Listed 2nd Pattern (CSSR - inInstituted 19 July 1866. A Maltese cross paty constructed of zinc, with crossed Roman swords above the 12 oclock cross arm, the obverse centre presents a circular central medallion bearing the crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a circular border in the form of a buckled belt inscribed MERENTI (MERIT) above, with arabesques below, the reverse centre bearing the Bavarian crowned lion rampant within a circular border in the form of a buckled belt