Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iii Class With Swords And Case, By Deschler & Sohn Buy Now 17 mm (w) x 53

17 mm (w) x 53

one month shy of his fortieth birthday

1942 on a Hauptverbandplatz (main dressing station) in Russia

twenty-five with intact lugs and pin

Discharge Papers

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iii Class With Swords And Case, By Deschler & Sohn Buy Now 17 mm (w) x 53(Militrverdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1913 1918 issue). Constructed of coppered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central raised monogram of King Ludwig II, within a stylized belt and buckle bearing an inscription of MERENTI (MERIT), the twelve oclock arm with a crossed sword clasp, the