Austria, Imperial. Order of the Knights of Malta, I Class Merit Cross Newly Listed with many entries "blacked out"

with many entries "blacked out"

constructed of carstock

1901 in Tennessee

with a "Debility"

which operated off the German coast of the North Sea

Austria, Imperial. Order of the Knights of Malta, I Class Merit Cross Newly Listed with many entries "blacked out"(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