Bavaria, Kingdom. A Merit Order Of St. Michael, I Class Grand Cross Star, By Eduard Quellhorst, C.1900 certificate_of_authenticity 5 mm in diameter rosette

5 mm in diameter rosette

bearing the inscription FÜR TREUE DIENSTE 1914 (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE 1914)

most of whom lost their lives during the advance of the United States armed forces into Germany

Coast Guard Arctic Service Medal (in bronze gilt

The left decal consists of a black shield

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Merit Order Of St. Michael, I Class Grand Cross Star, By Eduard Quellhorst, C.1900 certificate_of_authenticity 5 mm in diameter rosetteA fine quality manufacture textbook example of this rare and very desirable Royal Bavarian Merit Order of St. Michael Grand Cross Star; in silver with the four arms in gilded silver; center oblique with the lettering Quis ut Deus Who is like God in gold and with deep blue patterned enamels; the cross attached to the star via four strong rivets; functional vertical pinback; the reverse maker marked Juwelier und Goldarbeiter Eduard Quellhorst in Mnchen;