Bavaria, Kingdom. A Rare Military Order of St. George, Grand Cross Breast Star by Julius Elchinger, c. 1900 GTRexclude with a civic crown suspension

with a civic crown suspension

lacking a maker’s mark but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Glaser & Sohn

(Fürstlich Schaumburg-Lippische Offizierskreuz)

the obverse bearing a sword overlaid by shield with raised Wehrmacht and Falange insignia

describing in detail Brunton's untimely death: "I regret to have to report that No

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Rare Military Order of St. George, Grand Cross Breast Star by Julius Elchinger, c. 1900 GTRexclude with a civic crown suspension(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,