Bavaria, Kingdom. A Royal Order of Merit of St. Michael, I Class Knight’s Cross Miniature in Gold, c. 1860 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic and received the Eastern Front

and received the Eastern Front Medal on 19 August 1942

signed "Robert

Footnote: The Congolese Order of Civic Merit was issued in three classes: I Class (Gold)

maker marked "KON

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Royal Order of Merit of St. Michael, I Class Knight’s Cross Miniature in Gold, c. 1860 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic and received the Eastern Front(Kniglicher Verdienstorden vom Heiligen Michael, Ritterkreuz I. Klasse in Gold Miniatur). Instituted 16 February 1837 by King Ludwig I. (1837 1887 issue). Constructed of Gold with enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with blue enameled arms, the obverse bearing a central blue enameled medallion overlaid by a gilt inscription of QUIS ET DEUS (WHO IS LIKE GOD?, the translation of the Hebrew name Michael), the arms with lightning bolts emanating from the