Bavaria, Kingdom. A Royal Merit Order Of St. Michael, Silver Merit Medal, C.1900 Auction Archive and distinguished merit

and distinguished merit

the Bavarian Pilot’s Badge

above a raised inscription of “REICHS SIEGER” (“NATIONAL CHAMPION”) completing in oak leaves

taken on strength at the General Base Depot in France on September 7th and joined his new unit in the field on the 18th

A fine example in silvered tombac

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Royal Merit Order Of St. Michael, Silver Merit Medal, C.1900 Auction Archive and distinguished merit(Bayerisch Kniglicher Verdienstorden vom heiligen Michael, Silberne Medaille). Instituted on 16 February 1837. (1887 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a finely detailed depicting of St. Michael trampling the devil and clutching a shield inscribed QUIS UT DEUS (WHO IS LIKE GOD), overlaid on a ribbed Cross Patte, the reverse with a central inscription of VIRTUTI (VIRTUE), within