Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, II Class Cross with Crown Archive measuring 68 mm (w) x

measuring 68 mm (w) x 110 mm (l) x 20 mm (h)

All the award documents present two punched holes on left edge and a central folding crease

By the summer of 1916

a death notice certified from the US Military Government for Karl’s brother Kurt

"LBA37" and "Brago"

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, II Class Cross with Crown Archive measuring 68 mm (w) x(Militrverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Krone). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1913 1918 issue). Constructed of silvered copper with multi coloured enamels, 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 a silvered inscription of MERENTI (MERIT) with arabesques, the