Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order Of St. Michael Merit Cross, Ii Class, C.1915 Archive Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service

Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal (CAPT

with contact marks due to wear

all in silver with maroon felt in the void of the crown

the reverse depicts an Imperial steel helmet

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order Of St. Michael Merit Cross, Ii Class, C.1915 Archive Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service(Militar Verdienstorden) Instituted 19 July 1866. A Maltese cross paty constructed of silver plated copper, the obverse centre bears a medallion with a crowned L cipher on a black enamel background, encompassed by a white enamel border detailed to resemble a belt with the inscription MERENTI, the cross arms are pebbled, the reverse centre bears a crowned lion rampant encompassed by a border detailed to resemble a belt with the date 1866, the obverse