Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, I Class with Crown and Swords Buy Now on a 52 mm pin

on a 52 mm pin

tightly wrapped around a white fabric thread

The other photo illustrates a group of sixteen soldiers before a brick wall

Gauvreau dropped a bomb over Caen

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Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, I Class with Crown and Swords Buy Now on a 52 mm pin(Militrverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Krone und Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1913 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central black enameled disc overlaid by a raised and gilded monogram of King Ludwig II, situated within a stylized white enameled belt and buckle bearing a gilt inscription of MERENTI (MERIT) with