Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knight’s Of Malta, Merit Neck Badge Archive or Marine Corps of the

or Marine Corps of the United States who ""had aided in maintaining the honor

was left a widow with two children

a synthetic protective tab stitched in place behind the clip

silver lyre affixed to centre

Britain alone could never have supplied enough horses to meet the war demand

Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knight’s Of Malta, Merit Neck Badge Archive or Marine Corps of the(Souverner Malteseorden). A silver gilt Latin cross consisting of white enamels, with rounded ends; the obverse with a central red enameled medallion depicting a white enameled Maltese cross, surrounded by a ring of white enamels, inscribed MIL. ORDO EQUITUM MELIT BENE MERENTI (Latin Military Order of Merit); the reverse with a similar red enameled medallion, dated 1916 surrounded by a ring of white enamels depicting an open ended wreath; on a loop