Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iii Class With Swords, By Jacob Leser, C.1914 certificate_of_authenticity with a celluloid backing on

with a celluloid backing on the reverse

onboard the Panzerschiff “Admiral Graf Spee”

scattered silvering wear on both sides

1944 and promoted to Flying Officer on June 21

a silver brooch

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iii Class With Swords, By Jacob Leser, C.1914 certificate_of_authenticity with a celluloid backing on(Militr Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Instituted 19 July 1866. Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central monogram of Ludwig II inside of a stylized belt buckle bearing an inscription of MERENTI (MERIT) with arabesques, the reverse with a central Bavarian lion rampant inside of a stylized belt buckle with an