Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iv Class Cross With Swords, C.1914 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the obverse lid with an

the obverse lid with an inscription in Japanese characters

Fürst Awalow”

as part of the First Italian War of Independence

inscribed in Latin ""BONORVM"" at the left

then to the 1st Company in December

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iv Class Cross With Swords, C.1914 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the obverse lid with an(Militr Verdienstorden Kreuz IV. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1905 1918 issue). Constructed of silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with blue enameled arms joined together through the quadrants by stylized flames, the obverse bearing a central blue enamelled disc overlaid by a silver monogram of King Ludwig II, set within a white enamelled belt and buckle bearing an inscription of