Bavaria. A Royal Merit Order Of St. Michael, Third Class Cross, C.1905 Auction Archive A Scarce WWII 8th Reconnaissance

A Scarce WWII 8th Reconnaissance Regiment Cap Badge  - RECCE

with loop on reverse

A unique and certainly unusual Hitlerjugend/Hitler Youth (HJ) Widukind badge

and later transferred to the 6th Reserve Battalion in February and March

soiled inner lid

Bavaria. A Royal Merit Order Of St. Michael, Third Class Cross, C.1905 Auction Archive A Scarce WWII 8th Reconnaissance1887 1918 Issue. (Bayerisch Kniglicher Verdienstorden vom heiligen Michael Kreuz 3. Klasse); a silver gilt cross with blue enameled arms; the obverse depicting St. Michael slaying a dragon his shield reads Quis Ut Deus (Latin Who [is] like God?); the reverse inscribed Viruti (Latin Virtue) in blue enamels; on a swivel crown and loop for suspension marked EQ for Edward Quellenhorst, Mnchen; measuring 36. 18 mm (w) x 61. 00 mm (h); weighing 20. 5 grams;