Military Merit Cross

Militär-Verdienstkreuz

Cross instituted on 27 February 1864.
Cross was the highest bravery award of the Kingdom of Prussia for non-commissioned officers and enlisted soldiers.
Cross was also known as the Golden Military Merit Cross (Goldenes Militär-Verdienstkreuz) to distinguish it from the Military Decoration 1st Class (Militär-Ehrenzeichen I. Klasse), a lesser Prussian enlisted bravery decoration which was an identical cross but in silver.