Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order Of St. Michael Merit Cross, Iii Class With Swords, C.1915 Auction Archive 1938 he was with Kampfgeschwader

1938 he was with Kampfgeschwader 157 “Boelcke”

and almost certainly by German maker JFS (Josef Feix & Söhne

75 mm x 33

where he ceased to be attached

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order Of St. Michael Merit Cross, Iii Class With Swords, C.1915 Auction Archive 1938 he was with Kampfgeschwader(Militar Verdienstorden) Instituted 19 July 1866. A Maltese cross paty constructed of gilded 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 top