Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knights Of Malta, Ladies Silver Merit Cross, C.1910 Newly Listed the so-called “Blitzmädchen”

the so-called “Blitzmädchen”

five bronze torches indicating later engagements affixed to its original ribbon

The cap measures 225 mm in width x 245 mm in depth x 115 mm in height

He arrived in France and was taken on strength at the Canadian Base Depot on December 8th

5 Initial Training School at the Ontario Provincial School for the Deaf

Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knights Of Malta, Ladies Silver Merit Cross, C.1910 Newly Listed the so-called “Blitzmädchen”(Souverner Malteseorden Silbernes Verdienstkreuz). A silvered bronze Maltese Cross in white enamel, the centre medallion presents a white enameled Maltese Cross over a red enamel field, circumscribed by a ring of white enamel, inscribed MIL. ORDO EQUITUM MELIT BENE MERENTI (Military Order of Merit), the reverse with a red enameled medallion dated 1916, surrounded by a ring of white enamel depicting an open ended wreath, unmarked, measures 39. 53 mm