Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Merit Of The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order Of St John Of Jerusalem, Of Rhodes And Of Malta, Gold Grade Medal Hold circumscribed with “Im Jahre Deutscher

circumscribed with “Im Jahre Deutscher Schicksalswende 1933” (In the year of the twist of fate 1933)

Connaughton soon saw action in the Second Battle of Ypres and was wounded in action at Bellewaerde Lake on May 7

1961 in Ottawa

ranging in size from 60 mm x 87 mm to 70 mm x 103 mm

Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Merit Of The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order Of St John Of Jerusalem, Of Rhodes And Of Malta, Gold Grade Medal Hold circumscribed with “Im Jahre DeutscherIn bronze gilt, unmarked, 36. 5 mm (w) x 45. 7 mm (h), original ribbon, scattered gilt wear, better than very fine. Footnote: The medal was instituted on April 24 1912 by Decree 1879 of the Sovereign Council of the Order, having been proposed by Prince von Thun and Hohenstein, then Principal and Grand Master of the Order, in response to the work of members of the Order in the relief of suffering following the catastrophic earthquake and tidal wave in