Bavaria. A Royal Merit Order Of St. Michael Merit Medal Auction Archive " (Deutsches Reichsgebrauchsmuster) and maker

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Woods was Mentioned in Despatches (June 1916) and attended a Course at the 3rd Artillery School in France (November 1916) and an Overseas Course (February 1917)

each strap fed through aluminum buckles with dual stacked lion's heads

I had the feeling that he knew and for a long time I was terribly anxious

this die-stamped brass helmet platefeatures crisp detail

Bavaria. A Royal Merit Order Of St. Michael Merit Medal Auction Archive " (Deutsches Reichsgebrauchsmuster) and makerA fine example of a Bavarian Royal Merit Order of St. Michael Merit Medal (Bayerisch Kniglicher Verdienstorden vom heiligen Michael); c. 1910, a silver medal; 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); on loop for suspension, with its period original shortened ribbon (sewn together around the loop on one end); measuring 36. 01 mm in diameter;