Bavaria. A Bavarian Royal Merit Order Of St. Michael Second Class Breast Star By Gebr. H. Auction Archive which was soon awash

which was soon awash

soiled on the bottom and sides

held in place by rings on the underside and visible on the inside of the tunic

The Cross is of multi-piece constructed with a blackened eggshell sheen iron core that is only rarely encountered by this maker

Bavaria. A Bavarian Royal Merit Order Of St. Michael Second Class Breast Star By Gebr. H. Auction Archive which was soon awashA fine quality manufacture Bavarian Royal Merit Order of St. Michael Second Class Breast Star (Kniglicher Verdienstorden vom heiligen Michael); c. 1900 a silver breast star with a blue enameled center medallion with raised silver gilt lettering, reading Quis Ut Deus (Latin Who [is] like God?), surrounded by an etched silver gilt ring; the reverse plain, with a silver central medallion maker marked Juweliere Gebrder Hemmerle, Mnchen, with the vertical