Bavaria, Kingdom. A Pair of Awards Auction circumscribed by an inscription “ZUR

circumscribed by an inscription “ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DEN 8 DEZEMBER 1889”

topped by a Slovak Cross with hand-file marks visible

with recipient’s initials AK scratched on reverse

a crown suspension features a lion atop the ball

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Pair of Awards Auction circumscribed by an inscription “ZUR(Auszeichnungen). A pair of Bavarian awards, including: 1. A Military Merit Cross, I Class, constructed of gilded copper with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, bearing a central black enameled medallion overlaid by a central raised monogram of King Ludwig II, situated within a stylized white enameled belt and buckle, bearing an inscription of MERENTI (MERIT) with arabesques, the reverse bearing a central raised