Bavaria, Kingdom. A Pair Of Service Medals Auction Archive alternating bronze-gilded lions and castles

alternating bronze-gilded lions and castles in each quadrant

measuring 61 mm (w) x 63

the stitching intact overall

Accompanied by the original forwarding letter for the Purple Heart

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Pair Of Service Medals Auction Archive alternating bronze-gilded lions and castles(Diest Medaillen). A pair of service medals, including a Bavarian Military Merit Cross, III Class with Swords, constructed of coppered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a raised central monogram of King Ludwig II, within a stylized belt and buckle bearing an inscription of MERENTI (MERIT), the twelve oclock arm bearing a crosses swords clasp, the reverse