Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iv Class Cross With Case, By Jacob Leser consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and hands breaking a chain

and hands breaking a chain

as planned for

measuring 367 mm in length

learned and useful works and for new and beneficial institutions"

a 1938 NSRL pin

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iv Class Cross With Case, By Jacob Leser consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and hands breaking a chain(Militr Verdienstorden Kreuz IV. Klasse mit Etui). 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 silvered monogram of King Ludwig II, surrounded by a stylized white enameled belt and buckle bearing a