Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iii Class With Swords And Case, C.1918 Archive set on a card stock

set on a card stock backer

as well as a few lines in blue ink

Naming is officially engraved in italics

Bonn am Rhein” and “Ges

weighing 91 grams

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iii Class With Swords And Case, C.1918 Archive set on a card stock(Militrverdienstkreuz, III. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1913 1918 issue). Constructed of coppered bronze, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a raised central monogram of King Ludwig II, within a stylized belt bearing an inscription of MERENTI (MERIT), the twelve oclock arm overlaid by a crossed sword clasp, the reverse bearing a raised central Bavarian lion rampant,