Bavaria. A Royal Merit Order Of St. Michael, Merit Cross, C.1914 Hold into the river below

into the river below

later absorbing the 214th and 232nd Battalions on April 29

measuring 47 mm x 23 mm

For his First World War

Washington on November 30th

Bavaria. A Royal Merit Order Of St. Michael, Merit Cross, C.1914 Hold into the river below1887 1918 Issue. A fine example of a Bavarian Royal Merit Order of St. Michael Merit Cross (Bayerisch Kniglicher Verdienstorden vom heiligen Michael Verdienstkreuz; a silver cross patte; the obverse depicting St. Michael slaying a dragon his shield reads Quis Ut Deus (Latin Who [is] like God); the reverse inscribed Viruti (Latin Virtue) in blue enamels; on loop for suspension, with its period original shortened ribbon; measuring 37. 41 mm (w) x 37. 57