Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Military Division, Iii Class Cross By Jacob Leser GTRexclude or at least as true

or at least as true as Mowat can make it

(SS-Dienstauszeichnung IV

obverse centre featuring five enameled wheat stocks on a white enamel field

"Sen'Sho" (wounded in battle) reverse

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Military Division, Iii Class Cross By Jacob Leser GTRexclude or at least as true(Militr Verdienstorden, Kreuz III. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1866 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with blue enameled arms, joined together through the quadrants by stylized flames, the obverse bearing a central black enameled medallion, overlaid by a gilded monogram of King Ludwig II, set within a white enameled belt and buckle, bearing a