Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, I Class Cross With Swords And Crown, By Gebrüder Hemmerle, C.1918 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the medallion features an enameled

the medallion features an enameled white horse on a red enamelled field on a green painted foreground

and was named a member of the British Royal Academy of Music

Footnote: The 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS AH began as AH’s personal bodyguard and eventually grew into an elite division-sized unit during the Second World War

gold-coloured bullion wire

This is a signed First Edition

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, I Class Cross With Swords And Crown, By Gebrüder Hemmerle, C.1918 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the medallion features an enameled(Militr Verdienstorden, I. Klasse mit Krone und Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with its arms joined together through the quadrants by stylized and exceptionally detailed flames, the obverse bearing a central black enameled medallion overlaid by a gilded and crowned monogram of King Ludwig II, set within a white enameled belt