Bavaria. A Royal Merit Order Of St. Michael Merit Medal Hold and in case of issue

and in case of issue

taken on strength of the 3rd Company

Germany (Anhalt

Footnote: This Order was founded by Louis XIV on April 5

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Bavaria. A Royal Merit Order Of St. Michael Merit Medal Hold and in case of issueA fine example of a Bavarian Royal Merit Order of St. Michael Merit Medal (Bayerisch Kniglicher Verdienstorden vom heiligen Michael); c. 1910, a silver medal; the obverse depicting St. Michael slaying a dragon his shield reads Quis Ut Deus (Latin Who [is] like God?); the reverse inscribed Viruti (Latin Virtue); on loop for suspension, with its period original shortened ribbon (sewn together around the loop on one end); measuring 36. 01 mm in diameter;