Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order With Swords, Ii Class Knight, C.1914 United Republic of date marked "b" (1917) and

date marked "b" (1917) and maker marked "SJR" on the reverse

Basque (bronze gilt with red

the bar representative of the Headquarters 10th Infantry Brigade

Bennett was awarded the D

it stated that his condition was "progressing favourably"

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order With Swords, Ii Class Knight, C.1914 United Republic of date marked "b" (1917) and(Militr Verdienstkreuz). Instituted 19 July 1866 by King Ludwig II. Type I. (1866 1921 Issue). A silver Maltese Cross with blue enamelled arms, the obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a silver crowned cipher of King Ludwig within a white enamelled border in the form of a buckled belt with silver letters reading MERENTI (MERIT), the reverse with a central black enamelled medallion bearing a silver crowned Bavarian lion rampant