Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross Second Class, With Crown & Swords Archive who are miles and worlds

who are miles and worlds apart

The Allied Advance (1918)

The shirt measures 440 mm across the shoulders and 955 mm in length overall

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scuffing and paint droplets on the obverse

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross Second Class, With Crown & Swords Archive who are miles and worlds(Bayerisches Militr Verdienstkreuz, II. Klasse, mit Krone und Schwertern). A Silver Maltese cross with crossed Roman Swords; the obverse with a circular central black enameled medallion bearing a silver gilt crowned cipher of King Ludwig III, surrounded by a broad white enameled ring in the form of a buckled belt, inscribed MERENTI (Latin Merit), in silver lettering; the reverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a silver gilt crowned