Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iii Class With Swords & Crown, By Jacob Leser, C.1914 Hold " Ritchie recalled

" Ritchie recalled

Alberta when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Private with the Forestry Company

Scabbard is free of dents with little contact

then continued his service in the Royal Fleet Reserve

14 mm x 17 mm

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iii Class With Swords & Crown, By Jacob Leser, C.1914 Hold " Ritchie recalled(Militr Verdienstkreuz). A Bavarian Military Merit Cross with Swords and Crown, a Maltese Cross constructed of bronze, with swords crossed above the upper arm, the obverse central medallion presents the cipher for King Ludwig III, circumscribed by the inscription MERENTI (MERIT), the reverse bears the Bavarian crowned lion circumscribed by a buckled belt, dated 1866, measuring 42 mm (w) x 66 mm (h), on loop for suspension from original wartime ribbon,