Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iii Class Merit Cross With Crown, Swords, And Case certificate_of_authenticity (NSDAP Grau/Kreis/Orts Arbeitsleiter Kragenspiegel)

(NSDAP Grau/Kreis/Orts Arbeitsleiter Kragenspiegel)

ribbon is not original but is from the early twentieth century

Minor soiling and material fatigue are evident

original award document for Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 (25

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iii Class Merit Cross With Crown, Swords, And Case certificate_of_authenticity (NSDAP Grau/Kreis/Orts Arbeitsleiter Kragenspiegel)(Militrverdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit Schwertern, Krone, und Etui). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1913 1918 issue). Constructed of coppered bronze, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central raised monogram of King Ludwig II, set within a stylized belt and buckle bearing an inscription of MERENTI (MERIT) with arabesques, the reverse bearing a central raised Bavarian lion rampant, set within a stylized