Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order of Military Merit, IV Class Cross with Swords and Crown, by Weiss & Co. visually-hidden as part of a field

as part of a field of forty-six that started

with a slit at the bottom to thread the string

(Ehren-Auszeichnung für 30 Jahre)

a white Maltese cross with segment of green enamelled wreath in each quadrant

and eventually fought in the Balkan campaign

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order of Military Merit, IV Class Cross with Swords and Crown, by Weiss & Co. visually-hidden as part of a field(Militr Verdienstorden Kreuz IV. Klasse mit Krone und Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1905 1918 issue). Constructed of silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with blue enameled arms joined through the quadrants by stylized flames, the obverse bearing a central black enameled medallion overlaid by a silver monogram of King Ludwig II, situated within stylized white enameled belt and buckle, bearing a