Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iii Class With Swords, With Case, By Weiss & Co. Hold in a u-shape

in a u-shape

exhibiting a crack in the white enamels on the coat-of-arms of the second disk from the right and chipping in the green enamels on the wreath of the second disk from the left

the hole terminating on the exterior of the tunic

the exterior of the cap is constructed of fine quality green wool

Mueller of 12th Company suffered a punctured lung

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iii Class With Swords, With Case, By Weiss & Co. Hold in a u-shape(Militr Verdienstkreuz). Instituted on 19 July 1866. A Maltese cross constructed of silvered zink, with crossed Roman swords above the 12 oclock cross arm, the obverse centre presents a circular central medallion bearing the crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a circular border in the form of a buckled belt inscribed MERENTI (MERIT) above, with arabesques below, the reverse centre bearing the Bavarian crowned lion rampant within a circular border