Bavaria. A Royal Merit Order Of St. Michael, Third Class Cross, C.1905 United Republic of After fourteen months service

After fourteen months service

Polar Medal 1904

underside in green wool

with original ink signature of Regiment’s Commander SS-Obersturmbannführer Karl Adolf Ullrich

4 cm in width

Bavaria. A Royal Merit Order Of St. Michael, Third Class Cross, C.1905 United Republic of After fourteen months service1887 1918 Issue. (Bayerisch Kniglicher Verdienstorden vom heiligen Michael Kreuz 3. Klasse); a silver gilt cross with blue enameled arms; the obverse depicting St. Michael slaying a dragon his shield reads Quis Ut Deus (Latin Who [is] like God?); the reverse inscribed Viruti (Latin Virtue) in blue enamels; on a swivel crown and loop for suspension marked EQ for Edward Quellenhorst, Mnchen; measuring 36. 18 mm (w) x 61. 00 mm (h); weighing 20. 5 grams;