Austria, Republic. An Order of the Knights of Malta, Grand Cross, by E. Gardino Cravanzola, c.1950 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac complemented by a strip of

complemented by a strip of fine silver threading stitched in place via white threading to the upper of the collar itself

10 - The RNAS and the Birth of a Bombing Strategy

featuring a button closure

SS-Army Corps on August 7th

Austria, Republic. An Order of the Knights of Malta, Grand Cross, by E. Gardino Cravanzola, c.1950 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac complemented by a strip of(Souverner Ritter und Hospitalorden vom heiligen Johannes von Jerusalem von Rhodos und von Malta). Instituted circa 1099 (c. 1950 issue). The Sash Badge, in silver, silver gilt and red and white enamels, consisting of a four point cross bearing a central red enamelled medallion with a white enamelled Maltese Cross, surrounded by a white ring of enamels inscribed Mil. Ordo. Equitum Melit. Bene Merenti in gilt capitalized letters, the reverse medallion