Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iii Class With Swords, With Case Newly Listed soiling and material fatigue evident

soiling and material fatigue evident to both the cuff title and document

bar at the bottom inscribed "KOBLENZ"

that he would require a minimum of six months recovery

He was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal with four clasps: Cape Colony

STEADFAST”) and within a laurel wreath

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iii Class With Swords, With Case Newly Listed soiling and material fatigue evident(Militr Verdienstkreuz). Instituted on 19 July 1866. A Maltese cross constructed of silvered zink, with crossed Roman swords above the 12 oclock cross arm, the obverse centre presents a circular central medallion bearing the crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a circular border in the form of a buckled belt inscribed MERENTI (MERIT) above, with arabesques below, the reverse centre bearing the Bavarian crowned lion rampant within a circular border