Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, II Class with Swords certificate_of_authenticity 05 mm (w) x 60

05 mm (w) x 60

unmarked but demonstrating the physical characteristics of an early Schinkel frame version by Wilhelm Deumer

5 cm in diameter overlaid by black mobile swastikas

page 2194: "For conspicuous gallantry in action

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, II Class with Swords certificate_of_authenticity 05 mm (w) x 60(Militrverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1905 1913 issue). Constructed of silvered copper with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, 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 an