Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iv Class Cross With Swords Hold WWI 71st Infantry Battalion Sweetheart

WWI 71st Infantry Battalion Sweetheart Pin - Sterling silver and enamels

a circular disk between the cherubs inscribed "FESTIVAL D'OOSTVLETEREN 23 JUILLET 1871" and engraved "ÉLOIGNEMENT" below

7th and 8th Classes are exactly the same

measuring 129 cm long

Constructed of pressed leather

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iv Class Cross With Swords Hold WWI 71st Infantry Battalion Sweetheart(Militr Verdienstorden Kreuz IV. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1905 1918 issue). Constructed of silver with gilt and enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with blue enameled arms, joined together through the quadrants by stylized flames, the obverse bearing a central black enameled disc overlaid by a gilt monogram of King Ludwig II, set within a stylized gilded and white enameled belt and buckle, bearing an