Bavaria, Kingdom. A Bavarian Military Merit Cross, Third Class With Swords Auction hooks and eyes positioned at

hooks and eyes positioned at the forward neckline and a lay down

attached to HMS Vulcan on May 29

head of a tiger separately attached (as it should be on original War time examples)

58 mm (w) x 48

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Bavarian Military Merit Cross, Third Class With Swords Auction hooks and eyes positioned at(Militr Verdienstkreuz). Constructed of coppered bronze, presents as a Maltese Cross with crossed swords above the upper arm, the obverse with a circular central medallion with the cypher of King Ludwig III, surrounded by a ring inscribed MERENTI (MERIT), the reverse bearing the Bavarian lion rampant circumscribed by a buckled belt dated 1866, on a loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, unmarked, measuring 43 mm (w) x 65 mm (h), in near