Description
(Bayerischer Kriegerbund Jubiläumsabzeichen)
37 mm (w) x 60
mounted to a silvered bronze and green enameled base
two drill holes for uniform attachment
and a recipient of the Blood Order (566)
Saxony, Kingdom. A Rare Order of Merit, Civil Division Grand Cross, by G.A. Scharffenberg, c.1910 Auction (Bayerischer Kriegerbund Jubiläumsabzeichen)(Verdienstorden Grokreuz). Instituted 7 June 1815 by King Friedrich August I. (1905 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, joined together through the quadrants by a green enameled rue wreath, the obverse bearing a central white enameled medallion overlaid by a gilded and enameled Saxon coat of arms topped by a crown, within a ring of white enamel bearing a gilt