Bavaria, Kingdom. A Royal Merit Order Of St. Michael, Ii Class Star, Miniature, C.1900 Newly Listed circumscribed “Heereszeugamt Freilassing”

circumscribed “Heereszeugamt Freilassing”

constructed of heavy brown leather

pinned into the centre of the swastika is a single brass pip bearing a Parteiadler- (Party Eagle) style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika

with wartime repaired catch

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Royal Merit Order Of St. Michael, Ii Class Star, Miniature, C.1900 Newly Listed circumscribed “Heereszeugamt Freilassing”(Kniglicher Verdienstorden vom heiligen Michael). A silver star with a blue enameled center medallion with raised silver gilt lettering, reading Quis Ut Deus (Latin Who [is] like God), surrounded by an gilt ring, the reverse marked 900, measuring 22. 32 mm (w) x 25. 71 mm (h); weighing 3. 5 grams, worn, otherwise near extremely fine.