Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of St. Elizabeth In Gold, Member’s Cross, C.1880 Hold with excellent cross-graining

with excellent cross-graining

nine days in October 1943 and seven days in March 1944

92 mm x 140 mm

(Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

as well as 31 fee stamps between 1938 and 1940

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of St. Elizabeth In Gold, Member’s Cross, C.1880 Hold with excellent cross-graining(Elisabeth Orden, Kreuz der Ordens und Ehrendamen). Instituted 18 october 1766. (1766 1918 issue). A fine example of the order, meticulously crafted in Gold with enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with white enameled arms inside of a Gold frame, the obverse with a central enameled medallion bearing a finely detailed hand painted depiction of St. Elizabeth of Hungary distributing alms, the reverse with a central white enameled disc bearing a gilt