Bavaria, Kingdom. A Royal Merit Order Of St. Michael, Silver Merit Medal, C.1900 Auction The opening mechanism consists of

The opening mechanism consists of a latch-type mechanism that functions flawlessly in combination with a metal hinge on the reverse of the case

to commemorate the 1904-1905 conflict between the Russian and the Japanese Empires

mirrored reverse with ring inscription ALBRECHT DER BAER REG: 1123 BIS 117

Snoulton was later transferred to the 1st Infantry Battalion in the French theatre

eight are officer grade (H

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Royal Merit Order Of St. Michael, Silver Merit Medal, C.1900 Auction The opening mechanism consists of(Bayerisch Kniglicher Verdienstorden vom heiligen Michael, Silberne Medaille). Instituted on 16 February 1837. (1887 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a finely detailed depicting of St. Michael trampling the devil and clutching a shield inscribed QUIS UT DEUS (WHO IS LIKE GOD), overlaid on a ribbed Cross Patte, the reverse with a central inscription of VIRTUTI (VIRTUE), within