Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order War Merit Cross, First Class GTRexclude 1957 at the age of

1957 at the age of 63

with the expected contact marks but limited surface wear

75 mm (w) x 63

measuring 68 mm x 47 mm

Gerstmann died on March 16

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order War Merit Cross, First Class GTRexclude 1957 at the age of(Militrverdienstkreuz des Militrverdienstorden 1. Klasse). Issued 1913 1918. A Maltese cross in gilded silver; the obverse with a central medallion bearing the crowned cipher of King Ludwig II within a border in the form of a buckled belt inscribed with lettering reading Merenti (Latin Merit); the reverse with a central medallion bearing a crowned Bavarian lion within a border in the form of a buckled belt with numbers reading 1866; suspended from a