Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of St. Michael, Silver Merit Medal, By Alois Börsch Archive New Jersey World War Medal

New Jersey World War Medal 1917-1918 (bronze

1863 following Friedrich’s proclamation as Duke but suppressed in 1866 following Prussia’s annexation of the Duchies

and Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with Canada Bar

considered senior to the Sampson Medal

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of St. Michael, Silver Merit Medal, By Alois Börsch Archive New Jersey World War Medal(Orden vom Heiligen Michael, Silberne Verdienstmedaille). Instituted 29 September 1693. (1887 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension, the obverse bearing a raised and finely detailed depiction of St. Michael trampling the devil, clutching a shield bearing a raised inscription of QUIS ET DEUS (WHO IS LIKE GOD?), on top of a ribbed Cross Patte, the reverse bearing a raised central inscription of VIRTUTI (VIRTUE) within an oak leaf