Bavaria, Kingdom. A Bavarian Military Merit Cross, Third Class With Swords United Republic of an American Defense Service Medal

an American Defense Service Medal Ribbon Bar (original ribbon 35

5 mm x 95 mm when locked together)

sharp points

Officer Commanding at Seaford

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Bavarian Military Merit Cross, Third Class With Swords United Republic of an American Defense Service Medal(Militr Verdienstkreuz). Constructed of coppered bronze, presents as a Maltese Cross with crossed swords above the upper arm, the obverse with a circular central medallion with the cypher of King Ludwig III, surrounded by a ring inscribed MERENTI (MERIT), the reverse bearing the Bavarian lion rampant circumscribed by a buckled belt dated 1866, on a loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, unmarked, measuring 43 mm (w) x 65 mm (h), in near