Bavaria, Kingdom. A Merit Order Of St. Michael, I Class Grand Cross Star, By Eduard Quellhorst, C.1900 certificate_of_authenticity 5 mm in diameter rosette

5 mm in diameter rosette

sometimes even two a day

With U-564

bearing the inscription FÜR TREUE DIENSTE 1914 (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE 1914)

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Merit Order Of St. Michael, I Class Grand Cross Star, By Eduard Quellhorst, C.1900 certificate_of_authenticity 5 mm in diameter rosetteA fine quality manufacture textbook example of this rare and very desirable Royal Bavarian Merit Order of St. Michael Grand Cross Star; in silver with the four arms in gilded silver; center oblique with the lettering Quis ut Deus Who is like God in gold and with deep blue patterned enamels; the cross attached to the star via four strong rivets; functional vertical pinback; the reverse maker marked Juwelier und Goldarbeiter Eduard Quellhorst in Mnchen;