Austria, Imperial. Order of the Knights of Malta, I Class Merit Cross Archive circumscribed by inscription “VERDIENST UM

circumscribed by inscription “VERDIENST UM DIE EXPEDITION NACH CHINA” (“SERVICE TO THE EXPEDITION IN CHINA”)

with a clip pinback

each star point with three emanating rays

Odin in the Persian Gulf and the Pacific

France on September 14th

Austria, Imperial. Order of the Knights of Malta, I Class Merit Cross Archive circumscribed by inscription “VERDIENST UM(Souverner Malteseorden I. Klasse Verdienstkreuz mit Kriegsdekoration). In silver gilt with multi coloured enamels, consisting of an Anchor Cross with white enamelled arms, 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), reverse medallion featuring a white maltese cross on a red