Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Military Division, Iv Class Cross With Swords By Weiss & Co. consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac With Minotaur

With Minotaur

issued in Berlin on 22 May 1939

(iii) one with a yellow chevron on a brown cotton base

Venant (Shared with Capt Donald R

thus supporting the headlong advance of our attacking infantry

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Military Division, Iv Class Cross With Swords By Weiss & Co. consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac With Minotaur(Militr Verdienstorden, Kreuz IV. Klasse mit 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 together through the quadrants by stylized flames, the obverse bearing a central black enameled medallion, overlaid by a gilded monogram of King Ludwig II, set within a white enameled belt and buckle, bearing a gilt