Bavaria. An Order Of Military Merit In Gold, Second Class, C.1910 Auction the center with a 1957-style

the center with a 1957-style Iron Cross in the center

the base with a period Spanish coat of arms in silver gilt and enamel

a Kreis-level Hauptbereichsleiter tab

which brought sickness and "trench feet"

Bavaria. An Order Of Military Merit In Gold, Second Class, C.1910 Auction the center with a 1957-style1904 1918 Issue. (Militrverdienstorden Kreuz 2. Klasse) A hollow golden Maltese cross with four arms in blue enamels; the obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a gold crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a white enameled border in the form of a buckled belt with gold letters reading Merenti (Latin Merit); the reverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a gold crowned Bavarian lion within a white enameled border in the