Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knight’s Of Malta, Silver Merit Medal For Ladies Buy Now The thin black leather blade

The thin black leather blade washer remains fully intact and attached to the dagger beneath the crossguard

Accompanied by copies of his extensive paperwork

maker marked on reverse “Joseph Resch

his talents were well-recognized

while all wore the Nursing Sisters’ white veil

Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knight’s Of Malta, Silver Merit Medal For Ladies Buy Now The thin black leather blade(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