Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, II Class with Swords Province of China 6135 (the historically significant grouping

6135 (the historically significant grouping from the estate of Generalfeldmarschall Erhard Milch)

shoulder boards rest on each shoulder

its date of institution

1 Base Motor Transport Depot at Rouen for almost the next fifteen months

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, II Class with Swords Province of China 6135 (the historically significant grouping(Militrverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1905 1913 issue). Constructed of silvered copper with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from a replacement ribbon, 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 an inscription