Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, War Merit Cross First Class, With Crown, C. 1915 United Republic of Absalon - Length is 42cm

Absalon - Length is 42cm

personally reconnoitered a route to send supplies to attacking units in the villages **** and ****

Silvered metal with enamels

inscribed "Kriegserntedank an die Bäuerin" above and "Landesbauernschaft Alpenland" below

edged at the top and the bottom with gold colored metal threads interwoven with white threads

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, War Merit Cross First Class, With Crown, C. 1915 United Republic of Absalon - Length is 42cm(Militrverdienstkreuz des Bayerischen Militrverdienstorden I. mit Klasse, Krone). 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