Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Third Class, With Swords, By Jacob Leser, C.1914 Auction The cross guard is bench

The cross guard is bench marked '5

VERNIER 1917" on the obverse

hand engraved “in field”

the obverse depicting a triumphant soldier being crowned by a Godess

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Third Class, With Swords, By Jacob Leser, C.1914 Auction The cross guard is bench(Militrverdienstorden Kreuz 3. Klasse mit Schwertern). c. 1905 1918. A silver gilt Maltese cross with blue enameled arms and with flames between the arms of the cross; the obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a silver gilt crowned cipher of King Ludwig III, surrounded by a broad white enameled ring in the form of a buckled belt, inscribed Merenti (Latin Merit), in silver gilt lettering; the reverse with a central black enameled