Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iv Class With Swords, C.1915 Hold The unit was part of

The unit was part of the 218th Infantry Division

silver clasp bearing two stars on its original ribbon

25 mm x 74

on a matching blue rayon backer

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iv Class With Swords, C.1915 Hold The unit was part of(Militr Verdienstkreuz IV. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1905 1918 Issue). A silver Maltese Cross with blue enameled arms, with flames between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a silver crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a white enameled border in the form of a buckled belt with silver letters reading MERENTI (MERIT), the reverse with a central black enameled