Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iv Class With Swords, By Weiss & Cie, C.1914 GTRexclude gilt Italian Republic coat-of-arms affixed

gilt Italian Republic coat-of-arms affixed to the lid

GOLD and enameled center

maker marked with RSS”(Richard Sieper & Söhne

which included the establishment of the first "professional" military units (especially the motorized Guard Brigade "Ante Bruno Bušić") during the Bosnian war

The underside of the skirt is stamped

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iv Class With Swords, By Weiss & Cie, C.1914 GTRexclude gilt Italian Republic coat-of-arms affixed(Bayerische Militrverdienstorden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern). Issued 1905 1918. A silver Maltese cross with blue enameled arms, and with flames between the arms of the cross; the obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a gold crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a white enameled border in the form of a buckled belt with gold letters reading MERENTI (Latin Merit); the reverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a gold