Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, II Class with Swords Province of China minor toned silver

minor toned silver

6135 (the historically significant grouping from the estate of Generalfeldmarschall Erhard Milch)

to try to thwart the breakouts of the German Battleships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst

57 mm (w) x 56

August 1870” (The 25th of August 1870)

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, II Class with Swords Province of China minor toned silver(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 a replacement 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 inscription