Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of St. Elizabeth In Gold, Member’s Cross, C.1880 GTRexclude after an eleven year romance

after an eleven year romance

Footnote: An Oflag (Offizierslager) was a prisoner of war camp for officers only

on a folded ribbon

one without a ring numbered '10'

As Vimy steamed past the sinking hull of U-162

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of St. Elizabeth In Gold, Member’s Cross, C.1880 GTRexclude after an eleven year romance(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