Austria, Imperial. Order of the Knights of Malta, I Class Merit Cross certificate_of_authenticity with an inscription of “FÜR

with an inscription of “FÜR TREUE DIENSTE 1914” (“FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE 1914”)

Issues consistent with age and storage are evident

each designed with a decorative pleat and silvered magnetic metal buttons

Wound Badge in Black certificate

Austria, Imperial. Order of the Knights of Malta, I Class Merit Cross certificate_of_authenticity with an inscription of “FÜR(Souverner Malteseorden I. Klasse Verdienstkreuz mit Kriegsdekoration). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of an Anchor Cross with white enamelled arms, the 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), the reverse medallion featuring a white