Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, II Class with Swords Province of China 60th Regiment

60th Regiment

to try to thwart the breakouts of the German Battleships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst

57 mm (w) x 56

its date of institution

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, II Class with Swords Province of China 60th Regiment(Militrverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1905 1913 issue). Constructed of silvered copper with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from a replacement ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central black enameled medallion overlaid by a raised monogram of King Ludwig II, situated within a stylized white enameled belt and buckle bearing an inscription