Bavaria. An Order Of Military Merit In Gold, Second Class, C.1910 United Republic of as a field Commander of

as a field Commander of various Pioneer units

(Landwehr Dienstauszeichnung II

measuring 51 mm (w) x 84

with lost of gilt and toned silver

Bavaria. An Order Of Military Merit In Gold, Second Class, C.1910 United Republic of as a field Commander of1904 1918 Issue. (Militrverdienstorden Kreuz 2. Klasse) A hollow golden Maltese cross with four arms in blue enamels; the obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a gold crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a white enameled border in the form of a buckled belt with gold letters reading Merenti (Latin Merit); the reverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a gold crowned Bavarian lion within a white enameled border in the