Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross Second Class, With Crown & Swords Buy Now black embroidered ring and red

black embroidered ring and red painted mesh centre

Ireland in 1891 and served in the Merchant Navy before joining the Royal Marines in 1909

crossguard and pebbled scabbard are finished in a dark nickel plate

It gives thanks in the name of the Crown Prince for best wishes on occasion of the new year

inscribed in pencil "2 LT George Carmen Atkins 1917" and marked "CARON

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross Second Class, With Crown & Swords Buy Now black embroidered ring and red(Bayerisches Militr Verdienstkreuz, II. Klasse, mit Krone und Schwertern). A Silver Maltese cross with crossed Roman Swords; the obverse with a circular central black enameled medallion bearing a silver gilt crowned cipher of King Ludwig III, surrounded by a broad white enameled ring in the form of a buckled belt, inscribed MERENTI (Latin Merit), in silver lettering; the reverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a silver gilt crowned