Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knights Of Malta, Ladies Silver Merit Cross, C.1910 certificate_of_authenticity both near very fine

both near very fine

slightly recessed

Keitel was Military Governor of the Sudetenland

On 16-8-18

along with a small moth nip in the top left corner

Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knights Of Malta, Ladies Silver Merit Cross, C.1910 certificate_of_authenticity both near very fine(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