Bavaria, Kingdom. A Royal Merit Order Of St. Michael, Merit Cross, C.1900 certificate_of_authenticity wrapped around a stiff brass

wrapped around a stiff brass wire frame

two Army Winter Coat buttons (one in silvered metal bronze core

At the beginning of the First War he served as his regiment’s adjutant

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Bavaria, Kingdom. A Royal Merit Order Of St. Michael, Merit Cross, C.1900 certificate_of_authenticity wrapped around a stiff brass(Verdienstorden vom Heiligen Michael Verdienstkreuz). Instituted 16 February 1837 by King Ludwig I. (1887 1918 issue). Constructed of silver with enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original tri fold ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a raised and finely detailed depiction of St. Michael trampling the devil, the former clutching a shield bearing a blue enameled inscription of QUIS UT DEUS (WHO IS