Bavaria, Kingdom. A Royal Merit Order Of St. Michael, Second Class Cross In Gold, By Gebrüder Hemmerle, C.1890 certificate_of_authenticity not a moth bite)

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slender cross typical of this period

2nd Class with Swords (zinc

2 mm when locked together

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Royal Merit Order Of St. Michael, Second Class Cross In Gold, By Gebrüder Hemmerle, C.1890 certificate_of_authenticity not a moth bite)1837 1918 Issue. (Bayerisch Kniglicher Verdienstorden vom Heiligen Michael Kreuz 2. Klasse). A hollow gold cross pattee with dark blue enameled arms; the obverse with an oval gold disc depicting St. Michael slaying a dragon his shield reads Quis Ut Deus (Latin Who [is] like God?); the reverse with a round gold disc, inscribed Virtuti (Latin Virtue); suspended from a hollow swivel crown suspension, with a horizontally pierced ball and broad loop for