Bavaria. A Royal Merit Order Of St. Michael Cross Fourth Class By Eduard Quell-Horst certificate_of_authenticity he was promoted to Corporal

he was promoted to Corporal on February 28th

the inscription flanked by the Austrian coat-of-arms at the left and the Hungarian coat-of-arms at the right

in original LDO case of issue (lid slightly damaged)

about the DFS 230 gliding plane in the mountain emergency service in 1944

(CHRIS RAILTON LOCKYER)

Bavaria. A Royal Merit Order Of St. Michael Cross Fourth Class By Eduard Quell-Horst certificate_of_authenticity he was promoted to CorporalA fine example of a 1910 1918 Issue Bavarian Royal Merit Order of St. Michael Cross Fourth Class (Bayerisch Kniglicher Verdienstorden vom heiligen Michael); a silver cross patte with blue enamels; the obverse with a silver disc depicting St. Michael slaying a dragon his shield reads Quis Ut Deus (Latin Who [is] like God?); the reverse inscribed Viruti (Latin Virtue); suspended from a swivel crown suspension, with a horizontally pierced ball and loop