Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iii Class With Swords And Award Document, To Joseph Grossmüller Newly Listed he joined the Salem Cadets

he joined the Salem Cadets

maker Aurich

Footnote: Italian-Croatian Legion was established in 1942

January 21

green oxidation evident on the reverse

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iii Class With Swords And Award Document, To Joseph Grossmüller Newly Listed he joined the Salem Cadets(Militr Verdienstkreuz, III. Klasse mit Schwertern und Verleihungsurkunde). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1913 1918 issue). Constructed of coppered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, affixed to a bar with a horizontal pinback, the decoration consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central raised monogram of King Ludwig II, within a stylized belt and buckle bearing an inscription