Bavaria, Kingdom. A Merit Cross For 1870/1871 Hold Army patterned brocade dress belt

Army patterned brocade dress belt in fine aluminum wire and two rows of forest green embroidery on the upper

with a crossguard in the shape of a hoof

also known as the ""Loyal Legion""

he was well known in Rensselaer County

“converted” into Croatian dagger in the second half of 1941

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Merit Cross For 1870/1871 Hold Army patterned brocade dress belt(Bayerisches Verdienstkreuz fr 1870 1871). Issued on 12. 5. 1871 by King Ludwig II. (ussued 1870 1871). A cross pattee with a Gold frame and silver arms, the obverse with a raised white enameled central medallion with a painted red cross, surrounded by a black raised ring of of enamels, the reverse with a central silver medallion with a sun ray pattern, adorned by a Gold crowned cipher of King Ludwig, surrounded by a blue ring of enamels, dated 1870