Bavaria, Kingdom. A Royal Order of Merit of St. Michael, I Class Knight’s Cross in Gold Miniature Newly Listed with a central white enameled

with a central white enameled medallion

from March 23rd to May 1st

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

measuring 22 mm (w) x 182 mm (l)

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Royal Order of Merit of St. Michael, I Class Knight’s Cross in Gold Miniature Newly Listed with a central white enameled(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