Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knight’s Of Malta, Bronze Merit Medal, With Wd For Ladies Archive repair evident around the base

repair evident around the base of the hinge on the reverse

It is stamped "H

and Republic: Order of Vittorio Veneto (blackened bronze

Philadelphia) and marked "STERLING" on the reverse

textbook example with all the features of maker Klein & Quenzer cross

Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knight’s Of Malta, Bronze Merit Medal, With Wd For Ladies Archive repair evident around the base(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