Bavaria. A Royal Merit Order Of St. Michael Merit Medal Auction Archive 21st and 22nd at Flat-Topped

21st and 22nd at Flat-Topped Hill

each strap fed through aluminum buckles with dual stacked lion's heads

Footnote: 288984 Pioneer Frederick Ernest Audas

this die-stamped brass helmet platefeatures crisp detail

taking passage from New York on April 23

Bavaria. A Royal Merit Order Of St. Michael Merit Medal Auction Archive 21st and 22nd at Flat-ToppedA fine example of a Bavarian Royal Merit Order of St. Michael Merit Medal (Bayerisch Kniglicher Verdienstorden vom heiligen Michael); c. 1910, a silver medal; 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); on loop for suspension, with its period original shortened ribbon (sewn together around the loop on one end); measuring 36. 01 mm in diameter;