Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, I Class With Crown And Swords United Republic of 1917 in Flanders

1917 in Flanders

Councils of war

70 mm x 40

in four grades: Commander

the obverse presents a black-enamelled swastika over white enamelled background

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, I Class With Crown And Swords United Republic of 1917 in Flanders(Militrverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Krone und Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1913 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded copper with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central black enameled medallion overlaid by a gilded monogram of King Ludwig II, set within a white enameled belt and buckle bearing a gilt inscription of MERENTI with arabesques, the reverse bearing a