Description
during Operation Dragoon
stating "THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT according to Admiralty records Baden Robert Porter Sick Berth Petty Officer Official Number D/M 35886 Royal Navy is presumed to have died on 17th January
with excellent details and fine enamels
measuring 30 mm x 70 mm
Constructed of densely woven BeVo style machine embroidery in matte olive coloured and black threading
Bavaria, Kingdom. A Royal Merit Order Of St. Michael, Bronze Merit Medal Archive during Operation Dragoon(Bayerisch Kniglicher Verdienstorden vom Heiligen Michael, Bronzene Medaille). Issued 1894 1918. A round bronze medal; the obverse depicting St. Michael slaying a dragon his shield reads Quis Ut Deus (Latin Who [is] like God?); the reverse inscribed Virtuti (German Virtue); on a loop for suspension from a correct replacement ribbon; 35. 95 mm in diameter; weighing 19. 6 grams; in overall very fine condition.