Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order of Military Merit, II Class Merit Cross with Swords and Case, by Gebrüder Hemmerle visually-hidden suspended from a loop for

suspended from a loop for suspension - featuring the “50” Jubilee clasp attached to the loop

magnetic metal buttons on the right breast flap meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the left

All suspended from a 120 mm-long magnetic metal bar with a horizontal pinback and dark grey wool reverse liner

on loop for suspension from a period original War Merit Medal ribbon

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order of Military Merit, II Class Merit Cross with Swords and Case, by Gebrüder Hemmerle visually-hidden suspended from a loop for(Militrverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1905 1913 issue). Constructed of silvered copper with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central black enameled medallion overlaid by a silvered monogram of King Ludwig I, situated within a stylized white enameled belt and buckle bearing a silvered inscription of MERENTI (MERIT) with