Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order Of St. Michael Merit Cross, Ii Class, C.1915 Hold 1938” and the Sudetenland medal

1938” and the Sudetenland medal dated “October 1

Footnote: Joseph George White was born on March 12

scattered silvering and surface wear

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

but were obliged to ditch before making landfall

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order Of St. Michael Merit Cross, Ii Class, C.1915 Hold 1938” and the Sudetenland medal(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