Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, War Merit Cross First Class, With Crown, C. 1915 certificate_of_authenticity Free of fabric interruption and

Free of fabric interruption and wear

Delegate Clasp (in bronze gilt

and remains in VF condition

His family was protestant

one small edge nick

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, War Merit Cross First Class, With Crown, C. 1915 certificate_of_authenticity Free of fabric interruption and(Militrverdienstkreuz des Bayerischen Militrverdienstorden I. mit Klasse, Krone). Issued 1913 1918. A Maltese cross in gilded silver; the obverse with a central medallion bearing the crowned cipher of King Ludwig II within a border in the form of a buckled belt inscribed with lettering reading Merenti (Latin Merit); the reverse with a central medallion bearing a crowned Bavarian lion within a border in the form of a buckled belt with numbers reading