It could not be awarded posthumously
A First War Period “Österreichisches Regimentsabzeichen”
and in Normandy and north-west Europe during the Second World War
marked size 57 on the interior
He died suddenly on September 2
Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knights Of Malta, Ladies Silver Merit Cross, C.1910 Auction It could not be awarded(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