A Bavarian Military Merit Cross 2Nd Class With Swords By Jacob Leser certificate_of_authenticity This particular buckle is illustrated

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 295 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

4th Class (silver and enamels

the one at the right is standing and touching the Royal crown above

nice stitching

his probate records indicating he left all his personal effects to his daughter

A Bavarian Military Merit Cross 2Nd Class With Swords By Jacob Leser certificate_of_authenticity This particular buckle is illustratedA fine example of a Bavarian Military Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords; in silvered copper and black and white enamels; maltese cross with crossed swords above the upper arm; the obverse with a circular central black enamel medallion with the cypher of King Ludwig III in silver, surrounded by a white enameled ring inscribed in silver letters Merenti (Merit); the reverse without enamels, bearing the Bavarian crowned lion circumscribed by a buckled