Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, II Class Cross with Crown visually-hidden The buckle in cast aluminium

The buckle in cast aluminium

including a folding spoon/fork combination

the reverse dated “1848” and “1908”

large rosette on the ribbon

000) before the end of the war

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, II Class Cross with Crown visually-hidden The buckle in cast aluminium(Militrverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Krone). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1913 1918 issue). Constructed of silvered copper with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central black enameled medallion, overlaid by a raised monogram of King Ludwig II, situated within a stylized white enameled belt and buckle bearing a silvered inscription of MERENTI (MERIT) with arabesques, the