Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order, Iii Class With Swords, By Gebrüder Hemmerle, C.1915 GTRexclude 79 mm x 35

79 mm x 35

157 mm x 212 mm

with cluster rays of minor length in each quadrant

000 kilometers through extreme winter conditions during which time Lapis was often reduced to eating straw from the roofs of thatched cottages in order to survive

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order, Iii Class With Swords, By Gebrüder Hemmerle, C.1915 GTRexclude 79 mm x 35(Militr Verdienstorden, III Klasse) Instituted 19 July 1866. A Maltese cross paty constructed of silver gilt and multi coloured enamels, the obverse centre bears a black enamel medallion bearing a gilt crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a white enamel ring in the form of a buckled belt with gilt letters reading MERENTI (MERIT), the arms of the cross are in blue enamel, the reverse centre bears a black enamel medallion with a gilt crowned