Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit Cross, Miniature Iii Class With Swords, C.1916 United Republic of 10 mm (w) x 36

10 mm (w) x 36

Italy had declared war on Bulgaria

a German Gymnastics Association (Deutscher Turner-Bund) badge

and exhibiting the manufacturing characteristics of Godet

then discharged to his unit on the 27th

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit Cross, Miniature Iii Class With Swords, C.1916 United Republic of 10 mm (w) x 36(Militrverdienstorden Kreuz 3. Klasse mit Schwertern). 1905 1918 issue. A silver gilt Maltese cross with four arms in blue enamels, and with silver gilt flames between the arms of the cross, 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