Austria, Imperial. Order of the Knights of Malta, I Class Merit Cross Newly Listed with a "Debility"

with a "Debility"

1901 in Tennessee

which operated off the German coast of the North Sea

a bronze frame

Austria, Imperial. Order of the Knights of Malta, I Class Merit Cross Newly Listed with a "Debility"(Souverner Malteseorden I. Klasse Verdienstkreuz mit Kriegsdekoration). In silver gilt with multi coloured enamels, consisting of an Anchor Cross with white enamelled arms, obverse with a central red enamelled medallion bearing a white enamelled Maltese cross, surrounded by a ring of white enamel bearing a gilt inscription of MIL. ORDO EQUITUM MELIT BENE MERENTI (MILITARY ORDER OF MERIT), reverse medallion featuring a white maltese cross on a red