Austria, Imperial. A Sovereign Order Of The Knights Of Malta, Gold Merit Cross, C.1916 United Republic of in as-found condition

in as-found condition

green and white thread

a Baden Military Merit Medal

It is complete with brown leather blade buffer pad

Austria, Imperial. A Sovereign Order Of The Knights Of Malta, Gold Merit Cross, C.1916 United Republic of in as-found condition(Souverner Malteseorden, Goldenes Verdienstkreuz). In bronze gilt, consisting of an Anchor Cross, the arms with pebbled borders, the obverse with a central medallion bearing a Maltese Cross circumscribed by an inscription of MIL. ORDO EQUITUM MELIT BENE MERENTI (MILITARY ORDER OF MERIT), the reverse with an analogous medallion bearing a date of 1916 inside of a laurel wreath, the twelve oclock arm with an integral loop accommodating a suspension ring