Bavaria, Kingdom. A Royal Order of Merit of St. Michael, I Class Knight’s Cross in Gold Miniature Archive 32 mm (h) and weighing

32 mm (h) and weighing 25

Footnote: The National Socialist Teachers League (NSLB = Nationalsozialistische Lehrerbund

backer in navy blue wool

A good group to a Gebirgsjäger who advanced from Feldwebel to Hauptmann

on that fateful day of August 27

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Royal Order of Merit of St. Michael, I Class Knight’s Cross in Gold Miniature Archive 32 mm (h) and weighing(Kniglicher Verdienstorden vom Heiligen Michael, Ritterkreuz I. Klasse in Gold Miniatur). Instituted 16 February 1837 by King Ludwig I. (1837 1887 issue). Constructed of 18k Gold with enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with blue enameled arms, the obverse bearing a central blue enameled medallion overlaid by a gilt inscription of QUIS ET DEUS (WHO IS LIKE GOD?, the translation of the Hebrew name Michael), the arms with gilt lightning bolts emanating