Austria, Imperial. An Order Of The Knights Of Malta, Merit Neck Badge With War Decoration, By Rothe Newly Listed and Imperial Counsellor (Geheimrat) (December

and Imperial Counsellor (Geheimrat) (December 1914)

circumscribed by the inscription CAROLVS D

A 1938 Ludwigshafen am Rhein Festwoche (10

suspended by a typical French style suspension loop with enameled green laurel wreath in silver gilt

the Don and Siberian Cossacks wore the tall traditional Tsarist papasha fleece cap

Austria, Imperial. An Order Of The Knights Of Malta, Merit Neck Badge With War Decoration, By Rothe Newly Listed and Imperial Counsellor (Geheimrat) (December(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