Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, II Class with Swords certificate_of_authenticity both on the exterior as

both on the exterior as well as the interior

In contemporary use in the U

topped by an inscription of “KUBAN” and a Wehrmacht eagle flanked by a date of “1943”

The print is signed “To Marin Wagner

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, II Class with Swords certificate_of_authenticity both on the exterior as(Militrverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1905 1913 issue). Constructed of silvered copper with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central black enameled medallion overlaid by a raised monogram of King Ludwig II, situated within a stylized white enameled belt and buckle bearing an