Bavaria, Kingdom. A Miniature Order Of Merit Of The Crown In Gold, Knight’s Cross, C.1900 Buy Now measuring 17 mm (w) x

measuring 17 mm (w) x 22

arriving home on December 21st

German shells were falling all round the drifters

15 April 1945 - 17 May 1945 GIVEN UNDER MY HAND IN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON THIS 1st DAY OF March 1949"

attempt to eliminate swastika as evidenced by the scratches on it)

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Miniature Order Of Merit Of The Crown In Gold, Knight’s Cross, C.1900 Buy Now measuring 17 mm (w) x(Verdienstorden der Bayerischen Krone, Ritterkreuz Miniatur). Instituted 19 March 1808. (1808 1918 issue). Constructed of Gold with multi coloured enamels, with a hollow crown and suspension loop, consisting of an eight armed star with white enameled arms, the obverse with a central raised profile of Maximilian I. Joseph, within a red enameled ring bearing a gilt inscription of MAX. REX BOIOAR, the reverse centerpiece with an enameled Bavarian flag