Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, II Class Cross with Crown Province of China Footnote: This medal was given

Footnote: This medal was given to recruits when they enlisted in the German army at the beginning of the war in 1914

and these pouches converted to hold binoculars

die-stamped silvered zinc

Ontario when he signed his Attestation Paper at the Engineer Depot Mobilization Centre in London

accompanied by its lapel badge in bronze gilt with red

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, II Class Cross with Crown Province of China Footnote: This medal was given(Militrverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Krone). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1913 1918 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 raised monogram of King Ludwig II, situated within a stylized white enameled belt and buckle bearing a silvered inscription of MERENTI (MERIT) with arabesques, the