Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Third Class, With Swords, By Jacob Leser, C.1914 Auction Gold Grade Medal - Two-piece

Gold Grade Medal - Two-piece construction

hand engraved “in field”

The cross guard is bench marked '5

According to record

a partial Hobson & Sons maker label glued to the dome

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Third Class, With Swords, By Jacob Leser, C.1914 Auction Gold Grade Medal - Two-piece(Militrverdienstorden Kreuz 3. Klasse mit Schwertern). c. 1905 1918. A silver gilt Maltese cross with blue enameled arms and with flames between the arms of the cross; the obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a silver gilt crowned cipher of King Ludwig III, surrounded by a broad white enameled ring in the form of a buckled belt, inscribed Merenti (Latin Merit), in silver gilt lettering; the reverse with a central black enameled