Bavaria, Kingdom. A Miniature Order Of Merit Of The Crown In Gold, Knight’s Cross, C.1900 Buy Now attempt to eliminate swastika as

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measuring 17 mm (w) x 22

German shells were falling all round the drifters

vertical needle style pinback with a sheet metal hinge

Footnote: The II Corps began attacks across the Rapido River toward Monte Cassino on January 20

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Miniature Order Of Merit Of The Crown In Gold, Knight’s Cross, C.1900 Buy Now attempt to eliminate swastika as(Verdienstorden der Bayerischen Krone, Ritterkreuz Miniatur). Instituted 19 March 1808. (1808 1918 issue). Constructed of Gold with multi coloured enamels, with a hollow crown and suspension loop, consisting of an eight armed star with white enameled arms, the obverse with a central raised profile of Maximilian I. Joseph, within a red enameled ring bearing a gilt inscription of MAX. REX BOIOAR, the reverse centerpiece with an enameled Bavarian flag