Bavaria, Kingdom. A Bavarian Military Merit Cross, Third Class With Swords Newly Listed from which a decorated oakleaf

from which a decorated oakleaf wreath is suspended for attachment to the sash

signed Generallt

his citation reads

including an Iron Cross 1914 Second Class

black elastic bands attached to both ends of the ribbon

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Bavarian Military Merit Cross, Third Class With Swords Newly Listed from which a decorated oakleaf(Militr Verdienstkreuz). Constructed of coppered bronze, presents as a Maltese Cross with crossed swords above the upper arm, the obverse with a circular central medallion with the cypher of King Ludwig III, surrounded by a ring inscribed MERENTI (MERIT), the reverse bearing the Bavarian lion rampant circumscribed by a buckled belt dated 1866, on a loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, unmarked, measuring 43 mm (w) x 65 mm (h), in near