Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, War Merit Cross First Class, With Swords And Crown, C. 1918 United Republic of with a cracked and partially

with a cracked and partially missing

this sword features a 667 mm nickel-plated steel blade

horizontal pinback and hinge missing

while reverse of the eagle is stamped “IMIT”

minor enamel chipping on two arms

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, War Merit Cross First Class, With Swords And Crown, C. 1918 United Republic of with a cracked and partially(Militrverdienstkreuz des Bayerischen Militrverdienstorden I. Klasse, mit Schwertern und Krone). Issued 1913 1918. A Maltese cross in gilded silver; the obverse with a central medallion bearing the crowned cipher of King Ludwig II within a border in the form of a buckled belt inscribed with lettering reading Merenti (Latin Merit); the reverse with a central medallion bearing a crowned Bavarian lion within a border in the form of a buckled belt with