Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, II Class Cross with Crown Archive overlaid by a central sword

overlaid by a central sword on top of a mobile swastika

a death notice certified from the US Military Government for Karl’s brother Kurt

By the summer of 1916

red enameled Maltese cross

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, II Class Cross with Crown Archive overlaid by a central sword(Militrverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Krone). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1913 1918 issue). Constructed of silvered copper with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central black enameled medallion, overlaid by a raised monogram of King Ludwig II, situated within a stylized white enameled belt and buckle bearing a silvered inscription of MERENTI (MERIT) with arabesques, the