Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iii Class With Swords & Crown, By Jacob Leser, C.1914 Hold at Funafuti

at Funafuti

14 mm x 17 mm

maker marked on reverse "Veluekst Sundowist"

Scabbard is free of dents with little contact

in extremely finecondition

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iii Class With Swords & Crown, By Jacob Leser, C.1914 Hold at Funafuti(Militr Verdienstkreuz). A Bavarian Military Merit Cross with Swords and Crown, a Maltese Cross constructed of bronze, with swords crossed above the upper arm, the obverse central medallion presents the cipher for King Ludwig III, circumscribed by the inscription MERENTI (MERIT), the reverse bears the Bavarian crowned lion circumscribed by a buckled belt, dated 1866, measuring 42 mm (w) x 66 mm (h), on loop for suspension from original wartime ribbon,