Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, I Class With Crown And Swords Archive A grouping of a stick

A grouping of a stick pin

Each side has two ventilation holes between the piping and wool band

A designer’s mark is incorporated into the shadow cast by the train car reading “ВЛАДИМИР ВАРЖАНСКІЙ” (“VLADIMIR VARZHANSKY”)

He was active in the London and Middlesex Historical Society and collected many rare documents

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, I Class With Crown And Swords Archive A grouping of a stick(Militrverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Krone und Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1913 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded copper with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central black enameled medallion overlaid by a gilded monogram of King Ludwig II, set within a white enameled belt and buckle bearing a gilt inscription of MERENTI with arabesques, the reverse bearing a