Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of St. Michael, Silver Merit Medal, By Alois Börsch Archive and Army Long Service and

and Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with Canada Bar

Mary) Churchyard

considered senior to the Sampson Medal

measuring 85 mm (w) x 25 mm (h)

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of St. Michael, Silver Merit Medal, By Alois Börsch Archive and Army Long Service and(Orden vom Heiligen Michael, Silberne Verdienstmedaille). Instituted 29 September 1693. (1887 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension, the obverse bearing a raised and finely detailed depiction of St. Michael trampling the devil, clutching a shield bearing a raised inscription of QUIS ET DEUS (WHO IS LIKE GOD?), on top of a ribbed Cross Patte, the reverse bearing a raised central inscription of VIRTUTI (VIRTUE) within an oak leaf