Bavaria, Kingdom. A Cased Order Of Military Merit, War Merit Cross Third Class, With Swords GTRexclude Degree of Officer (signature of

Degree of Officer (signature of President Harry Truman

Annes Hospital in Ste Anne de Bellevue

the obverse illustrating the German Hunting Association elk’s head insignia with a swastika backed by emanating rays above

the Greek goddess of Victory

both covered with a flap

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Cased Order Of Military Merit, War Merit Cross Third Class, With Swords GTRexclude Degree of Officer (signature of(Militrverdienstkreuz des Bayerischen Militrverdienstorden III. Klasse, mit Schwertern). A Maltese cross constructed of copper plated bronze; the obverse with a central medallion bearing the crowned cipher of King Ludwig II within a border in the form of a buckled belt inscribed with lettering reading Merenti (Latin Merit); the reverse with a central medallion bearing a crowned Bavarian lion within a border in the form of a buckled belt with numbers