Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iv Class With Swords, C.1915 Newly Listed superposed by a red and

superposed by a red and blue-enameled centrepiece with crest of Military Justice in silver gilt

with off-white cotton threads giving definition to the wings

He was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps and appointed to Flying Officer

A Fine Distinguished Flying Medal for Downing an ME-110 -  Distinguished Flying Medal

Grave Reference: III

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross, Iv Class With Swords, C.1915 Newly Listed superposed by a red and(Militr Verdienstkreuz IV. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. (1905 1918 Issue). A silver Maltese Cross with blue enameled arms, with flames between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a silver crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a white enameled border in the form of a buckled belt with silver letters reading MERENTI (MERIT), the reverse with a central black enameled