Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, II Class Cross with Crown Archive overlaid by a central sword

overlaid by a central sword on top of a mobile swastika

000 prisoners were held here

measuring 111 mm (w) x 24 mm (h))

and bearing silver aluminum wire Latin Cross situated within oval oak leaf wreaths

All the award documents present two punched holes on left edge and a central folding crease

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, II Class Cross with Crown Archive overlaid by a central sword(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