Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iv Class Cross With Swords, C.1914 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac In hand etched black bakelite

In hand etched black bakelite with white paint

both topped by a single length of silver aluminum wire piping interspersed with black and white chevrons

miscellaneous ribboned suspensions

loss evident in the blue enamels on the reverse centrepiece ring

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iv Class Cross With Swords, C.1914 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac In hand etched black bakelite(Militr Verdienstorden Kreuz IV. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1905 1918 issue). Constructed of silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with blue enameled arms joined together through the quadrants by stylized flames, the obverse bearing a central blue enamelled disc overlaid by a silver monogram of King Ludwig II, set within a white enamelled belt and buckle bearing an inscription of