Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Ii Class With Crown And Swords Newly Listed white and black enamels on

white and black enamels on the band below on the front

München” and marked “Ges

A Turkish Order of Medjidie (Mecidiye)

(he) can manage to reach his face by twisting his neck to the right

bottom of the badge marked “JL”

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Ii Class With Crown And Swords Newly Listed white and black enamels on(Militrverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Krone und Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1913 1918 issue). Constructed of a silver alloy, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central black enameled disc overlaid by a monogram of King Ludwig II, within a stylized white enameled belt and buckle bearing an inscription of MERENTI with arabesques, the reverse bearing a central raised Bavarian lion rampant,