Bavaria, Kingdom. A Bavarian Military Merit Cross, Third Class With Swords Auction hooks and eyes positioned at

hooks and eyes positioned at the forward neckline and a lay down

hilt has brass fittings with loops in tact with double headed eagle (eagle heads have worn away from in-out wear)

Very scarce documents

as framed by the recipient's family

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Bavarian Military Merit Cross, Third Class With Swords Auction hooks and eyes positioned at(Militr Verdienstkreuz). Constructed of coppered bronze, presents as a Maltese Cross with crossed swords above the upper arm, the obverse with a circular central medallion with the cypher of King Ludwig III, surrounded by a ring inscribed MERENTI (MERIT), the reverse bearing the Bavarian lion rampant circumscribed by a buckled belt dated 1866, on a loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, unmarked, measuring 43 mm (w) x 65 mm (h), in near