Bavaria, Kingdom. A Rare Medical Military Order, I Class Cross, By Gebrüder Hemmerle consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Tapferkeitmedaille)

(Tapferkeitmedaille)

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In silver gilt with green enamels

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Rare Medical Military Order, I Class Cross, By Gebrüder Hemmerle consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Tapferkeitmedaille)(Militr Sanitts Orden I. Klasse). Instituted 16 October 1914 by King Ludwig III. (1914 1920 issue). A I Class Cross of the Bavarian Medical Military Order, constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with white enameled arms set within a gilt frame, the obverse bearing a central blue enameled medallion overlaid by a gilt monogram of King Ludwig III, within a ring of white enamel bearing a gilt date of 1914 and