Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Cross with Swords certificate_of_authenticity A 1939 Westmark Gautag badge

A 1939 Westmark Gautag badge (9-11

a uniform-removed example in very fine condition

On September 19th

The reverse bears an array of analogous imagery

The badge also identified the wearer as being exempt from call-up to active service

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Cross with Swords certificate_of_authenticity A 1939 Westmark Gautag badge(Militrverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1913 1918). Constructed of copper with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse overlaid by a central black enameled medallion bearing a raised and gilded monogram of King Ludwig II, situated within a stylized white enameled belt and buckle bearing a gilt inscription of MERENTI (MERIT) with arabesques, the twelve