Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, II Class Cross with Crown Archive measuring 68 mm (w) x

measuring 68 mm (w) x 110 mm (l) x 20 mm (h)

"LBA37" and "Brago"

overlaid by a central sword on top of a mobile swastika

By the summer of 1916

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, II Class Cross with Crown Archive measuring 68 mm (w) x(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