Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, War Merit Cross First Class, With Crown, C. 1915 Archive München 9” stamped on the

München 9” stamped on the reverse in the same style

but this was War time replaced)

this was just a propaganda effort when a scapegoat was needed

flanked by two rows of yellow embroidery interlaced with forest green threading

32 mm (w) x 49 mm inclusive of its integral suspension

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, War Merit Cross First Class, With Crown, C. 1915 Archive München 9” stamped on the(Militrverdienstkreuz des Bayerischen Militrverdienstorden I. mit Klasse, Krone). Issued 1913 1918. A Maltese cross in gilded silver; the obverse with a central medallion bearing the crowned cipher of King Ludwig II within a border in the form of a buckled belt inscribed with lettering reading Merenti (Latin Merit); the reverse with a central medallion bearing a crowned Bavarian lion within a border in the form of a buckled belt with numbers reading