Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order Of St. Michael Merit Cross, Ii Class, C.1915 Hold the belt with one slider

the belt with one slider and measuring 58 mm x 1

Clasp to Iron Cross 2nd

measuring 41 mm x 36 mm

and Side Cap (fabricated from an olive green-khaki wool with fold down flaps on either side

An example of a National Penal Service Official’s belt with buckle

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order Of St. Michael Merit Cross, Ii Class, C.1915 Hold the belt with one slider(Militar Verdienstorden) Instituted 19 July 1866. A Maltese cross paty constructed of silver plated copper, the obverse centre bears a medallion with a crowned L cipher on a black enamel background, encompassed by a white enamel border detailed to resemble a belt with the inscription MERENTI, the cross arms are pebbled, the reverse centre bears a crowned lion rampant encompassed by a border detailed to resemble a belt with the date 1866, the obverse