Austria, Imperial. Order of the Knights of Malta, I Class Merit Cross Province of China measuring 61 mm (h) x

measuring 61 mm (h) x 54 mm (w)

Duke Ernst of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

overlaid by author and title

and Aiguillettes

Austria, Imperial. Order of the Knights of Malta, I Class Merit Cross Province of China measuring 61 mm (h) x(Souverner Malteseorden I. Klasse Verdienstkreuz mit Kriegsdekoration). In silver gilt with multi coloured enamels, consisting of an Anchor Cross with white enamelled arms, obverse with a central red enamelled medallion bearing a white enamelled Maltese cross, surrounded by a ring of white enamel bearing a gilt inscription of MIL. ORDO EQUITUM MELIT BENE MERENTI (MILITARY ORDER OF MERIT), reverse medallion featuring a white maltese cross on a red