Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order War Merit Cross, First Class GTRexclude 1957 at the age of

1957 at the age of 63

75 mm (w) x 63

convex brooch

with the expected contact marks but limited surface wear

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order War Merit Cross, First Class GTRexclude 1957 at the age of(Militrverdienstkreuz des Militrverdienstorden 1. Klasse). 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 numbers reading 1866; suspended from a