Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Cross with Swords Hold measuring 23 mm (w) x

measuring 23 mm (w) x 245 mm (l)

issued for a variety of competitions including sailing

Thirty-two badges are fabricated from bronze with red enamels

the decoration itself

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Cross with Swords Hold measuring 23 mm (w) x(Militrverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1913 1918). Constructed of copper with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse overlaid by a central black enameled medallion bearing a raised and gilded monogram of King Ludwig II, situated within a stylized white enameled belt and buckle bearing a gilt inscription of MERENTI (MERIT) with arabesques, the twelve