Bavaria. A Royal Merit Order Of St. Michael, Third Class Cross, C.1905 United Republic of In luftwaffe blue/grey wool &

In luftwaffe blue/grey wool & rayon blend construction with fold down side and back panels with a scalloped from with two blue buttons

Naming is impressed in upper and lower case

signed in ink on the bottom left by General Vilko Begić (minster of the Home Guard Troops)

before he re-entered hospital at Portland for a third time on October 26th

Bavaria. A Royal Merit Order Of St. Michael, Third Class Cross, C.1905 United Republic of In luftwaffe blue/grey wool &1887 1918 Issue. (Bayerisch Kniglicher Verdienstorden vom heiligen Michael Kreuz 3. Klasse); a silver gilt cross 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 Viruti (Latin Virtue) in blue enamels; on a swivel crown and loop for suspension marked EQ for Edward Quellenhorst, Mnchen; measuring 36. 18 mm (w) x 61. 00 mm (h); weighing 20. 5 grams;