Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order With Swords, Ii Class Knight, C.1914 Newly Listed " Dixon wanted to buy

" Dixon wanted to buy more time

Very fine quality badge in practically mint condition

Hall was awarded the Queen's Sudan Medal and the Khedive's Sudan Medal with Sudan 1897 Clasp

(This is a first time we have encountered a cross with such engraving on reverse)

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order With Swords, Ii Class Knight, C.1914 Newly Listed " Dixon wanted to buy(Militr Verdienstkreuz). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. Type I. (1866 1921 Issue). A silver Maltese Cross with blue enamelled arms, the obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a silver crowned cipher of King Ludwig within a white enamelled border in the form of a buckled belt with silver letters reading MERENTI (MERIT), the reverse with a central black enamelled medallion bearing a silver crowned Bavarian lion rampant