Austria, Imperial. Order of the Knights of Malta, I Class Merit Cross Province of China manufacturer's card of issue)

manufacturer's card of issue)

including an Order for Military Valour and Merit

chipping evident in the white enamels on the arm at 12 o'clock

" marked "B" and numbered "No 411224"

Austria, Imperial. Order of the Knights of Malta, I Class Merit Cross Province of China manufacturer's card of issue)(Souverner Malteseorden I. Klasse Verdienstkreuz mit Kriegsdekoration). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of an Anchor Cross with white enamelled arms, the obverse with a central red enamelled medallion bearing a white enamelled Maltese cross, surrounded by a ring of white enamel bearing a gilt inscription of MIL. ORDO EQUITUM MELIT BENE MERENTI (MILITARY ORDER OF MERIT), the reverse medallion featuring a white