Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iii Class, Miniature, C.1910 Buy Now die struck in gilded bronze

die struck in gilded bronze (gilding nearly completely worn off)

At the beginning of the First World War

On the other hand

Naming on both the British War Medal and the Victory Medal indicates that the rank and regiment have been erased and privately re-engraved

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iii Class, Miniature, C.1910 Buy Now die struck in gilded bronze(Bayerische Militrverdienstorden III. Klasse). Issued 1905 1918. A Gold gilt Maltese cross, with blue enameled arms and flames in each quadrant, obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a gilt crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a white enameled ring in the form of a buckled belt with gilt letters reading MERENTI (Latin Merit), reverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a gilt crowned Bavarian lion within a white