Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knights Of Malta, Ladies Silver Merit Cross, C.1910 Hold with a slitted red felt

with a slitted red felt medal bed

5 mm (w) x 56 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension

the second section with a slightly longer looped cord with a braided aluminum wire adjustment knot

inscribed “Für Verdienste im Feuerschutz”

Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knights Of Malta, Ladies Silver Merit Cross, C.1910 Hold with a slitted red felt(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