It is the highest Order of Knighthood awarded within the Italian Republic
with intermittently silver and black embroidered cord on all four sides of the tab
The reverse of the blade bears the maker’s logo of Paul Seilheimer
It includes six parts containing thirty-one sections: Part I - Individual Training on Foot (General Principles and Annual Course of Training
Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Military Division, Iv Class Cross With Swords By Weiss & Co. Auction Archive It is the highest Order(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 black enameled medallion, overlaid by a gilded monogram of King Ludwig II, set within a white enameled belt and buckle, bearing a gilt