Bavaria, Kingdom. A Cased Order Of Military Merit, War Merit Cross Third Class, With Swords GTRexclude before the latter was suddenly

before the latter was suddenly seen to be on fire

7 mm x 95 mm

and between 1937 and 1939

maker marked “Rathgeber

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Cased Order Of Military Merit, War Merit Cross Third Class, With Swords GTRexclude before the latter was suddenly(Militrverdienstkreuz des Bayerischen Militrverdienstorden III. Klasse, mit Schwertern). A Maltese cross constructed of copper plated bronze; the obverse with a central medallion bearing the crowned cipher of King Ludwig II within a border in the form of a buckled belt inscribed with lettering reading Merenti (Latin Merit); the reverse with a central medallion bearing a crowned Bavarian lion within a border in the form of a buckled belt with numbers