Austria, Imperial. A Sovereign Order Of The Knights Of Malta, Gold Merit Cross, C.1918 certificate_of_authenticity 3) The War Merit Cross

3) The War Merit Cross Second Class with Swords (Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2

Footnote: Herbert Howard Snowden Fowler was born on December 18

thin build

The quality and rarity of the order suggest that a small number of these insignia were commissioned by a Priest or Bishop at the canonisation of Saint Rita of Cascia in 1900

101 mm x 146 mm

Austria, Imperial. A Sovereign Order Of The Knights Of Malta, Gold Merit Cross, C.1918 certificate_of_authenticity 3) The War Merit Cross(Souverner Malteseorden Goldenes Verdienskreuz). Constructed of silver gilt, presenting as a Maria Theresa Cross with partially ribbed arms, central medallion with a Maltese Cross circumscribed by MIL. ORDO EQUITUM MELIT. BENE MERENTI (WELL MERITING THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE KNIGHTS OF MALTA), reverse with central medallion with raised date of 1916 within wreath, on loop for suspension from its period original bowtie style black ribbon with horizontal