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 while a functional catch within

while a functional catch within the throat holds the cutlass in place during storage

The Eastern Front Medal award document is named to Obergefreiter (Corporal) Schmid of Artillery Regiment 96

Description Book entry

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

enamel wear to reverse 6 o’clock arm and the reverse medallion

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 while a functional catch within(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,