Bavaria, Kingdom. A Rare Military Order of St. George, Grand Cross Breast Star by Julius Elchinger, c. 1900 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic below the centre image is

below the centre image is a gilt and paint crowned coat of arms with gilt oak leaf branches on the left and right sides

Description Book entry

a rare decoration with five rivets on the reverse which remains in very fine condition

moderate silvering wear

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Rare Military Order of St. George, Grand Cross Breast Star by Julius Elchinger, c. 1900 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic below the centre image is(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,