Bavaria, Kingdom. An Exquisite Order Of St. Michael, Iii Class Cross In Gold, By Weiss & Co. consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and is commemorated on page

and is commemorated on page 258 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance

it will only be better     Every casualty was in vain

Fürst Awalow”

maker marked "25" (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Graveur-Gold-und Silverschmeide-Innungen

and it took them two or three days to get it

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Exquisite Order Of St. Michael, Iii Class Cross In Gold, By Weiss & Co. consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and is commemorated on page(Verdienstorden vom Heiligen Michael Kreuz III. Klasse). Instituted 16 February 1837 by King Ludwig I. (1887 1918 issue). Constructed of 18k Gold with enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with blue enameled arms set within a Gold frame, the obverse bearing a central oval Gold 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 IS LIKE GOD),