Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order Of St. Michael Merit Cross, Ii Class, C.1915 Hold when a shell exploded while

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

scattered silvering and surface wear

but were obliged to ditch before making landfall

known in Germany as the “Befreiungskriege” (“Liberation Wars”)

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order Of St. Michael Merit Cross, Ii Class, C.1915 Hold when a shell exploded while(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