A Bavarian Military Merit Cross 2Nd Class With Swords By Jacob Leser Auction Archive on a full-length neck ribbon

on a full-length neck ribbon with snap closure)

the ocular and objective lenses are glass

James Clifford Snowdon was born on July 15

56mm x 56mm

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A Bavarian Military Merit Cross 2Nd Class With Swords By Jacob Leser Auction Archive on a full-length neck ribbonA fine example of a Bavarian Military Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords; in silvered copper and black and white enamels; maltese cross with crossed swords above the upper arm; the obverse with a circular central black enamel medallion with the cypher of King Ludwig III in silver, surrounded by a white enameled ring inscribed in silver letters Merenti (Merit); the reverse without enamels, bearing the Bavarian crowned lion circumscribed by a buckled