Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, II Class with Swords Province of China 57 mm (w) x 56

57 mm (w) x 56

1 Base Motor Transport Depot at Rouen for almost the next fifteen months

and inset in an ivory frame with florals on each corner

August 1870” (The 25th of August 1870)

its date of institution

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, II Class with Swords Province of China 57 mm (w) x 56(Militrverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1905 1913 issue). Constructed of silvered copper with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from a replacement ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central black enameled medallion overlaid by a raised monogram of King Ludwig II, situated within a stylized white enameled belt and buckle bearing an inscription