Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross Second Class, With Crown & Swords Buy Now Lieutenant Lee and pilot returned

Lieutenant Lee and pilot returned to our lines with information and photographs of great military value

Ireland in 1891 and served in the Merchant Navy before joining the Royal Marines in 1909

49 mm x 93 mm

inscribed in pencil "2 LT George Carmen Atkins 1917" and marked "CARON

She fired on Turkish positions on 27 January and 1-3 February

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Cross Second Class, With Crown & Swords Buy Now Lieutenant Lee and pilot returned(Bayerisches Militr Verdienstkreuz, II. Klasse, mit Krone und Schwertern). A Silver Maltese cross with crossed Roman Swords; the obverse with a circular central black enameled medallion bearing a silver gilt crowned cipher of King Ludwig III, surrounded by a broad white enameled ring in the form of a buckled belt, inscribed MERENTI (Latin Merit), in silver lettering; the reverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a silver gilt crowned