Bavaria, Kingdom. A Royal Merit Order Of St. Michael, Bronze Merit Medal Auction A New Zealand Territorial Service

A New Zealand Territorial Service Medal to Hawkes Bay Regiment -   For Twelve Years' Service

before returning to South Australia in 1945 and serving there until 1949

620 prisoners of war (including 1

he is known as William II

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Royal Merit Order Of St. Michael, Bronze Merit Medal Auction A New Zealand Territorial Service(Bayerisch Kniglicher Verdienstorden vom Heiligen Michael, Bronzene Medaille). Issued 1894 1918. A round bronze medal; the obverse depicting St. Michael slaying a dragon his shield reads Quis Ut Deus (Latin Who [is] like God?); the reverse inscribed Virtuti (German Virtue); on a loop for suspension from a correct replacement ribbon; 35. 95 mm in diameter; weighing 19. 6 grams; in overall very fine condition.