Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iii Class With Swords, By Jacob Leser, C.1914 Newly Listed 1941 and signed by proxy

1941 and signed by proxy for Major and Commander Sonntag by a Senior Lieutenant

edged by red “rot” Waffenfarbe piping

maker marked “RZM Lieferant No

Cassandra from Montreal

The Finnish Winter War Medal was instituted on August 2

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iii Class With Swords, By Jacob Leser, C.1914 Newly Listed 1941 and signed by proxy(Militr Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Instituted 19 July 1866. Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central monogram of Ludwig II inside of a stylized belt buckle bearing an inscription of MERENTI (MERIT) with arabesques, the reverse with a central Bavarian lion rampant inside of a stylized belt buckle with an