Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order Of St. Michael Merit Cross, Ii Class, C.1915 Hold Former RAF officer Don Bennett

Former RAF officer Don Bennett

but were obliged to ditch before making landfall

when a shell exploded while he was in combat in the Somme

gilt loss and contact marks)

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order Of St. Michael Merit Cross, Ii Class, C.1915 Hold Former RAF officer Don Bennett(Militar Verdienstorden) Instituted 19 July 1866. A Maltese cross paty constructed of silver plated copper, the obverse centre bears a medallion with a crowned L cipher on a black enamel background, encompassed by a white enamel border detailed to resemble a belt with the inscription MERENTI, the cross arms are pebbled, the reverse centre bears a crowned lion rampant encompassed by a border detailed to resemble a belt with the date 1866, the obverse