Bavaria, Kingdom. A Pair of Awards Auction with recipient’s initials AK scratched

with recipient’s initials AK scratched on reverse

and Grand Cross Breast Star: three-piece construction

then the only established party in the country

measuring 48 mm (w) x 880 mm (l)

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Pair of Awards Auction with recipient’s initials AK scratched(Auszeichnungen). A pair of Bavarian awards, including: 1. A Military Merit Cross, I Class, constructed of gilded copper with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, bearing a central black enameled medallion overlaid by a central raised monogram of King Ludwig II, situated within a stylized white enameled belt and buckle, bearing an inscription of MERENTI (MERIT) with arabesques, the reverse bearing a central raised