Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, I Class With Crown And Swords consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The crown and crescent moon

The crown and crescent moon are used in conjunction with a maker's mark and a decimal silver standard mark

Hicker is last recorded as being assigned to the Kriegsmarine Reserve in Lübeck

It is the sixth-largest city by population within city limits in the European Union

and pinned with aluminum Danziger-style Totenkopf cyphers

measuring 74 mm (w) x 128 mm (l)

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, I Class With Crown And Swords consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The crown and crescent moon(Militrverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Krone und Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1913 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded copper with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, 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 inscription of MERENTI with arabesques, the reverse bearing a