Bavarian MVKs...

[Brian S]

MVK, MVO, MVP, AVP, all the same family.

[Eric Stahlhut]

Oooooh, all right

In that case, here's a CMVO!

[Brian S]

There you go, if it's Bavarian and it's got Merenti on it, let's see them all. I've always wanted to see every variation of all the classes, so many cased ones owned here.

[Sal Williams]

This is fantastic! I was just asking Ricky to start a thred like this so I could see them all and learn! I have a request: Could you please not use abreviations?! And if you could name the class, type, ribbon type and what and who these were awarded to, this would be really educational for all us new guys! PLEEEEEZE! Maybe start with bronze ones as I believe they are the lowest class
Thanks Boys!!!
Best, Sal

[Sal Williams]

Here is mine. bavarian militar verdienst kruez mit krone with a beampter ribbon. 3rd class

[Brian R]

Here's my MVK 2nd Class with Swords (on Frackspange)...

[John Harman]

Sal,

The abbreviations aren't TOO bad once you get used to them . Here is a Militär-Verdienstkreuz 3.Klasse mit Schwertern und mit der Krone(MVK3mXmdKr), which was the starting level for NCOs. Also, an enlisted man could "add" a crown to his MVK3 if he proved his bravery a second time. This is on the war ribbon.

[Eric Stahlhut]

Here's a scarce 2nd form (1905-1913) Second Class without the enameled disc.

[John Harman]

Military Merit Cross....

....with Swords, but without the Crown, so just MVK3mX. This was the one given to privates. This one had the war ribbon, but it is in absolute shreds so it is stored seperately. These 3rd class bronze crosses, as well as the available crowns to each class, were instituted in 1913 and given through 1918; the 1st and 2nd classes had been instituted in 1866, with swords instituted in 1905.

[McCulloh]

Well, I could post a corker of a zinc MVK3X made in 1918-19, but the Jpegs are too large.
I'll post this instead, my favorite one being worn @1918:

[Gerd Becker]

Minis allowed?

[Klaus O.]

Eric,

Take a look to my thread started in May 2002:

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...t=bmvk+claudio

Beautiful MVKs you have, especially the ones without crown and with the "Friedensband"!


Ciao,

Claudio

[stogieman]

merged!

Hey guys I used a heretofor unknown, mysterious power and merged the MVO/MVK threads. Enjoy them all at once!

[stogieman]

Yep....

... that was a Third Klasse!

[Bill M]

--I've got a few of these, I'll have to take a few pics. One of the more elegant of the Imperial shiny-things - just beautiful pieces, guys!
--I've got a question. I have a lone Militär-Verdienstkreuz 3.Class with crown and Swords hanging on the same and very wrong ribbon for a few years now. I haven't been able to find a ribbon, and I've looked quite a bit. Anyone have any ideas?
--I've noticed that people put their 'wants' as their signatures, maybe I'll take that route...