Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order With Swords, Ii Class Knight, C.1914 Auction the reverse with an inscription

the reverse with an inscription of “FÜR TREUE IN DER ARBEIT” (“FOR FAITHFUL LABOUR”)

He arrived at the Canadian Base Depot in France on the 15th

incorporating an ornate stylized "shell" design on both sides of the handle

sewn upon a black felt base

A Second War Iron Cross First Class 1939 - magnetic

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order With Swords, Ii Class Knight, C.1914 Auction the reverse with an inscription(Militr Verdienstkreuz). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. Type I. (1866 1921 Issue). A silver Maltese Cross with blue enamelled arms, the obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a silver crowned cipher of King Ludwig within a white enamelled border in the form of a buckled belt with silver letters reading MERENTI (MERIT), the reverse with a central black enamelled medallion bearing a silver crowned Bavarian lion rampant