Bavaria, Kingdom. A Royal Merit Order Of St. Michael, Second Class Cross In Gold, By Gebrüder Hemmerle, C.1890 Newly Listed I saw it happen and

I saw it happen and immediately went to where the machine had fallen and saw the remains of 2nd Lt

some unaddressed/without stamp/without writing

standard vertical pinback

82 mm x 110 mm x 27

He would remain with the Governor General's Foot Guards until becoming part of the draft of the unit that went to Valcartier Camp in August 1914

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Royal Merit Order Of St. Michael, Second Class Cross In Gold, By Gebrüder Hemmerle, C.1890 Newly Listed I saw it happen and1837 1918 Issue. (Bayerisch Kniglicher Verdienstorden vom Heiligen Michael Kreuz 2. Klasse). A hollow gold cross pattee with dark blue enameled arms; the obverse with an oval gold disc depicting St. Michael slaying a dragon his shield reads Quis Ut Deus (Latin Who [is] like God?); the reverse with a round gold disc, inscribed Virtuti (Latin Virtue); suspended from a hollow swivel crown suspension, with a horizontally pierced ball and broad loop for