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 previously marked but now illegible

previously marked but now illegible

from the Cemetery Department

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

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 previously marked but now illegible(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,