Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knight’s Of Malta, Bronze Merit Medal, With Wd For Ladies Archive It is stamped "H

It is stamped "H

County Director

that while in hospital overseas

repair evident around the base of the hinge on the reverse

12 cm (or 5 inches) total height

Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knight’s Of Malta, Bronze Merit Medal, With Wd For Ladies Archive It is stamped "H(Souverner Malteseorden Bronzene Verdienstmedaille). An oval bronze medal; the obverse with a Maltese cross in the centre of the medal, surrounded by a laurel wreath with berries; the reverse inscribed Equitum Melitensium (Latin Loosely translated, Guardian of the Maltese Order), surrounded by a laurel wreath with berries; on a loop for suspension from its period original ladies bowtie ribbon with a war decoration; measuring 36. 42 mm (w) x 49. 10 mm