Bavaria, Kingdom. A Royal Order of Merit of St. Michael, I Class Knight’s Cross in Gold Miniature Newly Listed from March 23rd to May

from March 23rd to May 1st

surface wear on the reverse

created to reward members of the Spanish Army and other allied nations

the reverse with a principle vertical pin assembly

the reverse bearing an extremely detailed depiction of two copper miners around a mobile swastika and coat of arms

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Royal Order of Merit of St. Michael, I Class Knight’s Cross in Gold Miniature Newly Listed from March 23rd to May(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