Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Order Of St. George, Knight’s Cross In Gold, 1918 Auction obverse with central Reichsnährstand emblem

obverse with central Reichsnährstand emblem circumscribed by district title

measuring 128 mm (w) x 78 mm (h)

(Orden del Mérito Civil

Hungary and Japan

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Order Of St. George, Knight’s Cross In Gold, 1918 Auction obverse with central Reichsnährstand emblem(Orden vom heiligen Georg, Kreuz der Ritter). Instituted 20 March 1729 by Prince Elector Karl Albrecht. (1729 1918 issue). Constructed of Gold with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with a Gold frame and arms completing in ball finials, the obverse with blue enameled arms trimmed with white enameled borders, joined together through the quadrants by blue and white enameled rhombuses bearing gilt initials V. I. B. I. for VIRGINI