Germany, Bavaria. An Order Of Military Merit, Third Class With Crown And Swords, C.1914 certificate_of_authenticity original ribbon exhibiting light soiling

original ribbon exhibiting light soiling on the reverse

(GEMA1185)

measuring 181 mm x 89 mm

a hostile party of about one hundred Germans marched up the Menin road and turned south

maker marked "G B" (Gustav Brehmer

Germany, Bavaria. An Order Of Military Merit, Third Class With Crown And Swords, C.1914 certificate_of_authenticity original ribbon exhibiting light soilingA fine example of a Bavarian Order of Military Merit Third Class (Bayerische Militrverdienstorden, III. Klasse mit Krone); in silver gilt, 40mm (x 64mm including crown suspension); finely executed Maltese cross with blue, white, and black enamels; the obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a gold crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a white enameled border in the form of a buckled belt with gold letters reading Merenti (Latin