A Bavarian Military Merit Cross 2Nd Class With Swords By Jacob Leser Auction Archive 56mm x 56mm

56mm x 56mm

in both English and German

on a full-length neck ribbon with snap closure)

The interior comes with a brushed leather headband embossed with an octagon box at the front inscribed "QUALITATS MARKE"

A Bavarian Military Merit Cross 2Nd Class With Swords By Jacob Leser Auction Archive 56mm x 56mmA fine example of a Bavarian Military Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords; in silvered copper and black and white enamels; maltese cross with crossed swords above the upper arm; the obverse with a circular central black enamel medallion with the cypher of King Ludwig III in silver, surrounded by a white enameled ring inscribed in silver letters Merenti (Merit); the reverse without enamels, bearing the Bavarian crowned lion circumscribed by a buckled