Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Merit Of The Crown In Gold, Miniature, C.1870 Auction maker marked “Sterling 925 R

maker marked “Sterling 925 R

and completes with a gilded bronze pommel stamped with a detailed Soviet coat of arms

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Ernst Udet

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Merit Of The Crown In Gold, Miniature, C.1870 Auction maker marked “Sterling 925 R(Verdienstorden der Bayerischen Krone, Ritterkreuz Miniatur). Instituted 19 March 1808 by King Maximilian Joseph I. (1808 1918 Issue). A Gold eight armed Maltese cross with white and red enamels, as well as a green enameled laurel wreath between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a central Gold medallion depicting a rightward facing bust of King Maximilian Joseph I, surrounded by a ring of red enamels, inscribed MAX. JOS. BOJ. REX (MAXIMILIAN