Austria, Imperial. A Sovereign Order of the Knights of Malta, Gold Merit Cross certificate_of_authenticity Mounted on length of original

Mounted on length of original ribbon

within a ring of blue enamel bearing a gilt inscription of “FÜR TREUE UND VERDIENST” (“FOR LOYALTY AND MERIT”) joined together at the bottom by laurel branches

1919 (in bronze gilt

light grey piping on three sides

Kevelaer” on reverse

Austria, Imperial. A Sovereign Order of the Knights of Malta, Gold Merit Cross certificate_of_authenticity Mounted on length of original(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,