Austria, Imperial. An Order Of The Knights Of Malta, Merit Neck Badge With War Decoration, By Rothe Newly Listed as well as being on

as well as being on the Waterloo Roll

000 members approximately

circumscribed by the inscription CAROLVS D

surviving the sinking of the carrier USS Wasp (CV-7) by a Japanese submarine near Guadalcanal on September 12

swastika slightly damaged

Austria, Imperial. An Order Of The Knights Of Malta, Merit Neck Badge With War Decoration, By Rothe Newly Listed as well as being on(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 enamelled Maltese cross, surrounded by a ring of white enamels, inscribed MIL. ORDO EQUITUM MELIT. BENE MERENTI (WELL MERITING THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE KNIGHTS OF MALTA), the reverse with a similar red enameled medallion, dated 1916, surrounded by a ring of white enamels depicting an