Bavaria, Kingdom. A Royal Order of Merit of St. Michael, I Class Knight’s Cross in Gold Miniature visually-hidden Klasse mit Schwertern) to Feldwebel

Klasse mit Schwertern) to Feldwebel Erich Niep of the Luftnachrichten Regiment Legion Condor 3

Donations of Huts to Permanent Forces)

maker marked with the LDO-number L/53 for Hymmen & Co

0/0780/0019" and date coded "M43" (1943)

(CORPORAL GEORG MARKONETT

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Royal Order of Merit of St. Michael, I Class Knight’s Cross in Gold Miniature visually-hidden Klasse mit Schwertern) to Feldwebel(Kniglicher Verdienstorden vom Heiligen Michael, Ritterkreuz I. Klasse in Gold Miniatur). Instituted 16 February 1837 by King Ludwig I. (1837 1887 issue). Constructed of 18k Gold with enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with blue enameled arms, the obverse bearing a central blue enameled medallion overlaid by a gilt inscription of QUIS ET DEUS (WHO IS LIKE GOD?, the translation of the Hebrew name Michael), the arms with gilt lightning bolts emanating