Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knights Of Malta, Ladies Silver Merit Cross, C.1910 Hold measuring 143 mm (w) x

measuring 143 mm (w) x 40 mm (h)

5 mm (w) x 56 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension

1916 in Hagersville

each with a postmarked one cent U

An “Aufklärer” reconnaissance squadron clasp

Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knights Of Malta, Ladies Silver Merit Cross, C.1910 Hold measuring 143 mm (w) x(Souverner Malteseorden Silbernes Verdienstkreuz). A silvered bronze Maltese Cross in white enamel, the centre medallion presents a white enameled Maltese Cross over a red enamel field, circumscribed by a ring of white enamel, inscribed MIL. ORDO EQUITUM MELIT BENE MERENTI (Military Order of Merit), the reverse with a red enameled medallion dated 1916, surrounded by a ring of white enamel depicting an open ended wreath, unmarked, measures 39. 53 mm