Austria, Imperial. An Order Of The Knight’s Of Malta Silver Merit Cross, C.1916 GTRexclude He was promoted to Gefreiter

He was promoted to Gefreiter (Lance Corporal) on June 24

as announced in the Second Supplement to the London Gazette 30448 of Tuesday

James Alfred Roden of Toronto

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in turn overlaid by a raised Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika

Austria, Imperial. An Order Of The Knight’s Of Malta Silver Merit Cross, C.1916 GTRexclude He was promoted to Gefreiter(Souverner Malteseorden Silbernes Verdienstkreuz). Ladies issue; a silver cross; the obverse of the cross with a Maltese cross in the center, circumscribed by Latin script; the reverse dated 1916; on loop for suspension from its period original Ladies ribbon; measuring 39. 50 mm (w) x 43. 48 mm (h); weighing 21. 4 grams, marked 900 silver content on ring, in virtually mint condition. This offering is a part of the "Dr. Albert Goodwin Collection", a