A Bavarian Military Merit Cross 2Nd Class With Swords Newly Listed on the right side

on the right side

a member of 22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Maria Theresia

bar hanger with hook pinback

plunging into the target area

the third snap having been lost to time

A Bavarian Military Merit Cross 2Nd Class With Swords Newly Listed on the right sideA fine example of a Bavarian Military Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords; silvered, with black and white enamels; maltese cross with crossed swords above the upper arm; the obverse with a circular central black enamel medallion with the cypher of King Ludwig III in silver,. Surrounded by a white enameled ring inscribed Merenti (Merit) in silver lettering; the reverse without enamels, bearing the Bavarian crowned lion circumscribed by a buckled belt