Reverse side reads: Gift of Mrs. Louis Bennett whose only son Louis Bennett, Jr. "Yale 1917" was captain of the West Virginia Flying Corps which he organized at Wheeling, West Virginia. He was killed in action August 24th 1918, While serving as Lieutenant 40th Squadron Royal Air Force in France. His record August 15th - 24th being 3 enemy planes, 9 balloons destroyed (4 in one day) "And thus this man died, leaving his spirit as an example of able courage, not only unto young men, but unto all the nation."