Bavaria, Kingdom. A Rare Military Order of St. George, Grand Cross Breast Star by Julius Elchinger, c. 1900 GTRexclude some mounting residue on reverse

some mounting residue on reverse

STICHTSCHE BEGER UTRECHT”

The reverse ricasso bears a maker’s mark of “WEYERSBERG & CO

a Third Reich-period member’s armband

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Rare Military Order of St. George, Grand Cross Breast Star by Julius Elchinger, c. 1900 GTRexclude some mounting residue on reverse(Orden vom heiligen Georg Bruststern zum Grokreuz). Instituted 20 March 1729. (1729 1918 issue). Constructed of silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a vaulted Maltese Cross with arms completing in ball finials, the obverse of the arms with partial blue enameling situated within dual rows of pebbled borders, with each arm joined through the quadrants by a silvered and blue enameled rhombus trimmed with a single row of pebbled borders,