Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iii Class With Swords & Crown Auction Archive Signal Corps

Signal Corps

Für die mir zu meiner Ernennung zum Reichsminister übermittelten Glückwunsche danke ich Jhnen herzlich

rain cover and carrying case

and was composed by Günther Kretschmann

with five rivets

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iii Class With Swords & Crown Auction Archive Signal Corps(Militr Verdienstkreuz). A Bavarian Military Merit Cross with Swords and Crown, a Maltese Cross constructed of bronze, with swords crossed above the upper arm, the obverse central medallion presents the cipher for King Ludwig III, circumscribed by the inscription MERENTI (MERIT), the reverse bears the Bavarian crowned lion circumscribed by a buckled belt, dated 1866, measuring 42. 82 mm (w) x 63. 35 mm (h), on loop for suspension from original wartime