Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knight’s Of Malta, Silver Merit Medal Hold (Weihnachten Medaille)

(Weihnachten Medaille)

interior lined with white satin and maker marked “Deschler & Sohn

Issued to Rudolf Braun

allowing their four-foot draft Higgins boats room to spare

as pilot and captain of aircraft has carried out 30 operational sorties against the enemy

Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knight’s Of Malta, Silver Merit Medal Hold (Weihnachten Medaille)(Souverner Malteseorden Silberne Verdienstmedaille). In silver, obverse depicting a Maltese cross within a wreath of laurel leaves, reverse inscribed "MIL. ORDO EQVITUM MELITENSIVM BENE MERENTI" within a wreath of laurel leaves, a Maltese Cross within a circular frame above, measuring 37 mm (w) x 50. 7 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally pierced ball suspension, edge nicks, bruised, contact marks, without ribbon, very fine.