Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iv Class With Crown And Swords, C.1914 Newly Listed Major in 1936

Major in 1936

(FAD = Freiwilliger Arbeitsdienst) In stamped brass with silvered brass face plate affixed by two rivets

British Army

Gefreiter (Lance Corporal) Ried

The underside of the canister's lid has a hinged

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iv Class With Crown And Swords, C.1914 Newly Listed Major in 1936(Militr Verdienstkreuz IV ). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1905 1918 Issue). A silver Maltese Cross with blue enameled arms, with flames between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a silver crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a white enameled border in the form of a buckled belt with silver letters reading MERENTI (MERIT), the reverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a