Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of St. Michael, Iv Class Cross With Crown And Case, By Weiss & Co. Auction Archive Central horizontal red cotton panel

Central horizontal red cotton panel flanked by black cotton panels on either side

white satin lined on the inside lid

the interior with 104 paginated pages featuring an abridged history of German warfare from Roman times until the First World War and rise to power of the NSDAP

Group of Eight: Military Medal

mounted to a bronzed bronze base

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of St. Michael, Iv Class Cross With Crown And Case, By Weiss & Co. Auction Archive Central horizontal red cotton panel(Verdienstorden vom Heiligen Michael, Kreuz IV. Klasse mit Krone). Instituted 16 February 1837 by King Ludwig I. (1887 1918 issue). Constructed of silver with enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with blue enameled arms set within a silver frame, the obverse bearing a central oval silver medallion bearing a finely detailed depiction of St. Michael trampling the devil, with the formers shield featuring a blue enameled inscription of QUIS ET DEUS (WHO