Austria, Imperial. A Sovereign Military Order Of Malta, Order Pro Merito Melitensi, Grand Cross Badge, C.1920 Hold measuring 97 mm x 48

measuring 97 mm x 48 mm

one tab with a reverse Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) tag clearly bearing a manufacturer’s code of “A4/23” and serial number “202796”

constructed of a heavy field-grey wool twill

When we got to the new trenches we were even less pleased

Austria, Imperial. A Sovereign Military Order Of Malta, Order Pro Merito Melitensi, Grand Cross Badge, C.1920 Hold measuring 97 mm x 48Instituted 1920. A gilded silvered Maltese Cross in white enamel, the centre medallion presents a white enamelled Maltese Cross over a red enamel central 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 with a white enamelled Maltese cross, surrounded by a ring of white enamel, measures 42. 08 mm (w) x 64. 24 mm (h inclusive of Imperial