Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knights Of Malta, Ladies Silver Merit Cross, C.1910 Newly Listed He arrived in France and

He arrived in France and was taken on strength at the Canadian Base Depot on December 8th

five bronze torches indicating later engagements affixed to its original ribbon

The cap measures 225 mm in width x 245 mm in depth x 115 mm in height

He married Princess Maria Louise of Bourban-Parma in April 1893

indicating an award to philanthropists

Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knights Of Malta, Ladies Silver Merit Cross, C.1910 Newly Listed He arrived in France and(Souverner Malteseorden Silbernes Verdienstkreuz). A silvered bronze Maltese Cross in white enamel, the centre medallion presents a white enameled Maltese Cross over a red enamel field, circumscribed by a ring of white enamel, inscribed MIL. ORDO EQUITUM MELIT BENE MERENTI (Military Order of Merit), the reverse with a red enameled medallion dated 1916, surrounded by a ring of white enamel depicting an open ended wreath, unmarked, measures 39. 53 mm