A Bavarian Military Merit Cross 2Nd Class With Swords Auction Archive Four Awards Stickpin: Iron Crosses

Four Awards Stickpin: Iron Crosses 1st and 2nd Classes 1914

one with both prongs missing

fitted with a gold ribbon ring

he was promoted to Untersturmfuhrer

A Bavarian Military Merit Cross 2Nd Class With Swords Auction Archive Four Awards Stickpin: Iron CrossesA fine example of a Bavarian Military Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords; silvered, with black and white enamels; maltese cross with crossed swords above the upper arm; the obverse with a circular central black enamel medallion with the cypher of King Ludwig III in silver,. Surrounded by a white enameled ring inscribed Merenti (Merit) in silver lettering; the reverse without enamels, bearing the Bavarian crowned lion circumscribed by a buckled belt