Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, I Class with Crown and Swords Auction Klasse mit Kämpferband)

Klasse mit Kämpferband)

attached with all four original prongs to a cord constructed of dark grey rayon interspersed with silver aluminum wire chevrons

2001 and is awarded to military personnel which participated in any peacekeeping operation for at least thirty days

Veterans in bronze with white enamels

including a 1914 Iron Cross II Class

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, I Class with Crown and Swords Auction Klasse mit Kämpferband)(Militrverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Krone und Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1913 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central black enameled disc overlaid by a raised and gilded monogram of King Ludwig II, situated within a stylized white enameled belt and buckle bearing a gilt inscription of MERENTI (MERIT) with