Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knight’s Of Malta, Bronze Merit Medal, With Wd For Ladies Archive repair evident around the base

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Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knight’s Of Malta, Bronze Merit Medal, With Wd For Ladies Archive repair evident around the base(Souverner Malteseorden Bronzene Verdienstmedaille). An oval bronze medal; the obverse with a Maltese cross in the centre of the medal, surrounded by a laurel wreath with berries; the reverse inscribed Equitum Melitensium (Latin Loosely translated, Guardian of the Maltese Order), surrounded by a laurel wreath with berries; on a loop for suspension from its period original ladies bowtie ribbon with a war decoration; measuring 36. 42 mm (w) x 49. 10 mm