Bavaria, Kingdom. A Bavarian Academy Of Sciences And Humanities Merit Medal By Carl Friedrich Voigt United Republic of silver gilt and enamelled Franco

silver gilt and enamelled Franco Period Grand Cross Star Miniature clasp on its original triangular ribbon with hook and eye

Robert John Lapham was born in April 1847 and served in the ranks for over seventeen years before being commisssioned as a Sub

triangle mark denoting Moscow import on integral ring

maker marked "134" and numbered "368844"

reverse bottom arm marked KO

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Bavarian Academy Of Sciences And Humanities Merit Medal By Carl Friedrich Voigt United Republic of silver gilt and enamelled Franco(Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften Verdienstmedaille). Constructed of bronze, the obverse with a raised rightward facing profile of King Ludwig II of Bavaria, circumscribed by name and title in Latin, the reverse with a central inscription of RERUM COGNOSCERE CAUSAS (TO KNOW THE CAUSES OF THINGS), below an inscription of ACADEMIA SCIENTIARUM BOICA (ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES), the obverse marked C. VOIGT, measuring 47. 97 mm in diameter,