Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order of Merit, I Class Military Merit Cross, with Swords, c.1930 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac on August 25

on August 25

one in its opened glassine package of issue

Footnote: There were 15 Austrian Dragoon Regiments of cavalry at the outbreak of war in 1914 and they wore their original colourful uniforms

exhibiting chipping and loss in the blue enamels on the arm at 1 o'clock and in the red enamels on the obverse centrepiece

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order of Merit, I Class Military Merit Cross, with Swords, c.1930 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac on August 25Instituted July 19, 1886. In bronze gilt, a cross with pebbled arms and a central white and black enamel center, crossed swords atop the 12 oclock arm, measures 42. 4 mm (w) x 51. 0 mm (h), replacement ribbon, very fine condition.