Bavaria, Kingdom. A Rare Military Order of St. George, Grand Cross Breast Star by Julius Elchinger, c. 1900 GTRexclude with a civic crown suspension

with a civic crown suspension

(Fürstlich Schaumburg-Lippische Offizierskreuz)

enamels in extremely fine condition

Personal Note (typewritten in Dutch by Joe Ghys to one of his friends

measuring 26 mm (w) x 440 mm (l)

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Rare Military Order of St. George, Grand Cross Breast Star by Julius Elchinger, c. 1900 GTRexclude with a civic crown suspension(Orden vom heiligen Georg Bruststern zum Grokreuz). Instituted 20 March 1729. (1729 1918 issue). Constructed of silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a vaulted Maltese Cross with arms completing in ball finials, the obverse of the arms with partial blue enameling situated within dual rows of pebbled borders, with each arm joined through the quadrants by a silvered and blue enameled rhombus trimmed with a single row of pebbled borders,