Bavaria. A 1913-1918 Issue Order Of Military Merit Cross First Class With Swords And Crown Auction Archive A mid to late war

A mid to late war badge that exhibits only light period wear and produced in silvered die-stamped steel

with scabbard

name handwritten in ink to "Utffz Brauns" and stamped "B

6 mm x 40 mm

Bavaria. A 1913-1918 Issue Order Of Military Merit Cross First Class With Swords And Crown Auction Archive A mid to late warA well preserved example of a 1913 1918 issue Bavarian Order of Military Merit Cross First Class with Swords and Crown; silver gilt Maltese cross with black and white enamels; the obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a gold crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a white enameled border in the form of a buckled belt with gold letters reading Merenti (Latin Merit); the reverse with a central gilt medallion bearing a golden crowned