Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iii Class With Swords, By Jacob Leser, C.1914 certificate_of_authenticity scattered silvering wear on both

scattered silvering wear on both sides

a silver brooch

4th Class by F

onboard the Panzerschiff “Admiral Graf Spee”

Deutscher Reichskriegertag badge

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iii Class With Swords, By Jacob Leser, C.1914 certificate_of_authenticity scattered silvering wear on both(Militr Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Instituted 19 July 1866. Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central monogram of Ludwig II inside of a stylized belt buckle bearing an inscription of MERENTI (MERIT) with arabesques, the reverse with a central Bavarian lion rampant inside of a stylized belt buckle with an