Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of St. Michael, Silver Merit Medal, By Alois Börsch Archive Stokes RCAF

Stokes RCAF

1863 following Friedrich’s proclamation as Duke but suppressed in 1866 following Prussia’s annexation of the Duchies

On those occasions the Knights were meant to wear the Grand Collar

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Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of St. Michael, Silver Merit Medal, By Alois Börsch Archive Stokes RCAF(Orden vom Heiligen Michael, Silberne Verdienstmedaille). Instituted 29 September 1693. (1887 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension, the obverse bearing a raised and finely detailed depiction of St. Michael trampling the devil, clutching a shield bearing a raised inscription of QUIS ET DEUS (WHO IS LIKE GOD?), on top of a ribbed Cross Patte, the reverse bearing a raised central inscription of VIRTUTI (VIRTUE) within an oak leaf