Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iii Class Cross With Crown And Swords, C.1918 Hold The grips are held in

The grips are held in place via two rivets with a red enameled logo of the Brannik embedded into the obverse of the grip

surrounded by an oval open-ended laurel wreath

both ribbon banners in light blue embroidery and trimmed in silvered beaded wire

the inner two rows dominated by the gold threading

in which he served in the Baltic during the campaigns of 1854-55

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iii Class Cross With Crown And Swords, C.1918 Hold The grips are held in(Militr Verdienstorden Kreuz III. Klasse mit Krone und Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with blue enameled arms joined together through the quadrants by stylized flames, the obverse bearing a black enameled medallion overlaid by a gilded monogram of King Ludwig II, set within a stylized white enameled belt and buckle