Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knight’s Of Malta, Silver Merit Medal For Ladies Auction Archive partial separation evident of the

partial separation evident of the locket from the leather body

A faceted eight-pointed star in silver

A fine example

London Gazette 14 May 1919

Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knight’s Of Malta, Silver Merit Medal For Ladies Auction Archive partial separation evident of the(Souverner Malteserorden Silberne Verdienstmedaille). An oval silver medal; the obverse with a Maltese cross in the centre of the medal, surrounded by a laurel wreath with berries; the reverse inscribed Equitum Melitensium (Latin Loosely translated, Guardian of the Maltese Order), surrounded by a laurel wreath with berries; on a loop for suspension from its period original ladies bowtie ribbon; measuring 36. 36 mm (w) x 48. 54 mm (h); weighing 29. 3