Austria, Imperial. A Sovereign Order of the Knights of Malta, Gold Merit Cross certificate_of_authenticity 813H silver fineness and crown

813H silver fineness and crown import mark

along with fine gold-coloured bullion wire

The planes were four-engine bombers that were supplied by the United States under Lend-Lease (while at the end of the war both the Royal Air Force as well as the Royal Australian Air Force were willing to continue operating the B-24

the first digit of which has been lost to time on the severed portion

Austria, Imperial. A Sovereign Order of the Knights of Malta, Gold Merit Cross certificate_of_authenticity 813H silver fineness and crown(Souverner Malteseorden Goldenes Verdienskreuz). A Gold Merit Cross constructed of silver gilt, presenting as a Maria Theresa Cross with partially ribbed arms, central medallion with a Maltese Cross circumscribed by MIL. ORDO EQUITUM MELIT. BENE MERENTI (WELL MERITING THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE KNIGHTS OF MALTA), reverse with central medallion with raised date of 1916 within wreath, on loop for suspension from its period original civil ribbon,