Bavaria. An Order Of Military Merit, Third Class Knight With Swords, C.1915 Auction First Class - Type II

First Class - Type II (1930-40)

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Sniper and IED tactics were commonly used against Coalition forces in the area during this time

Bavaria. An Order Of Military Merit, Third Class Knight With Swords, C.1915 Auction First Class - Type II1905 1918 issue. (Militrverdienstorden Kreuz 3. Klasse mit Schwertern); A silver gilt Maltese cross with four arms in blue enamels, and with silver gilt flames between the arms of the cross; the obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a gold crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a white enameled border in the form of a buckled belt with gold letters reading Merenti (Latin Merit); the reverse with a central black enameled medallion