International. A Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order Of Saint John Of Jerusalem, Of Rhodes & Of Malta, Commander's Merit Cross, Cased United Republic of the obverse consisting of a

the obverse consisting of a wreath of laurel and oak leaves with a eagle superimposed on the badge

the reverse bearing a Berlin studio mark

Körner enlisted in the Luftwaffe on 18 August 1939 and served with a transportation wing through December 1944

marked “CEJ 900” (for maker Juncker

for combatants

International. A Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order Of Saint John Of Jerusalem, Of Rhodes & Of Malta, Commander's Merit Cross, Cased United Republic of the obverse consisting of a(Italian: Sovrano Militare Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme di Rodi e di Malta; Latin: Supremus Militaris Ordo Hospitalarius Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani Rhodiensis et Melitensis). Instituted in 1099. Four piece construction, in silvered zinc with red and white enamels, unmarked, obverse centrepiece illustrating a white Maltese cross, its centrepiece ring inscribed "MIL. ORDO EQUITUM MELIT. BENE MERENTI" (Well Meriting the Military