Description
Badge and the document were found in Zagreb
as we were living as man and wife and had so lived since our marriage
Lasch was a Prisoner of War from March to April 1945 in Marseille
the red bead at 7 o'clock on the wreath is missing
and slightly rounded catch
Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order of Military Merit, II Class Merit Cross with Swords and Case, by Gebrüder Hemmerle Auction Badge and the document were(Militrverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1905 1913 issue). Constructed of silvered copper with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central black enameled medallion overlaid by a silvered monogram of King Ludwig I, situated within a stylized white enameled belt and buckle bearing a silvered inscription of MERENTI (MERIT) with