Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, II Class with Swords Newly Listed retaining a small black-and-white photo

retaining a small black-and-white photo of the bearer

Mountain Troops Sleeve Edelweiss - (Gebirgsjäger Edelweiss Ärmelabzeichen)

the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal banjo-style pinback meeting a flattened catch

inscribed with “1939 Canada 1945 Voluntary Service Volontaire”

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, II Class with Swords Newly Listed retaining a small black-and-white photo(Militrverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1905 1913 issue). Constructed of silvered copper with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from a replacement ribbon, 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 an inscription