Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iii Class With Swords, By Jacob Leser, C.1914 Buy Now the obverse lid with a

the obverse lid with a gold embossed Federal Republic-style German national eagle

bronze palm clasp on an original ribbon

and two Pre-1968 Paratrooper Badges (in yellow and white embroidery

Osterhold signed it in black ink

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iii Class With Swords, By Jacob Leser, C.1914 Buy Now the obverse lid with a(Militr Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Instituted 19 July 1866. Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central monogram of Ludwig II inside of a stylized belt buckle bearing an inscription of MERENTI (MERIT) with arabesques, the reverse with a central Bavarian lion rampant inside of a stylized belt buckle with an