Bavaria, Kingdom. A Royal Merit Order Of St. Michael, Cross Fourth Class, C.1916 Hold 018 other ranks under the

018 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel G

1921 by the Inter-Allied Government and Plebiscite Commission of Upper Silesia

Each leg is trimmed in a thin strand of red piping flanked by wide bands of red wool on either side

13mm (w) x 35

S-87 (in 1943)

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Royal Merit Order Of St. Michael, Cross Fourth Class, C.1916 Hold 018 other ranks under the(Bayerisch Kniglicher Verdienstorden vom heiligen Michael, Kreuz 4. Klasse). Issued 1887 1918. A silver cross pattee with blue enameled arms; the obverse depicting St. Michael slaying a dragon his shield reads Quis ut Deus (Latin Who [is] like God?); the reverse inscribed Virtuiti (Latin Virtue); in blue enamels; on a loop for suspension marked with a Hannau assay mark; with its period original ribbon; measuring 36. 62 mm (w) x 36. 19 mm (h); slightly