Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knight’s Of Malta, Silver Merit Medal Auction Archive silver plane insignia fronting a

silver plane insignia fronting a bronze gilt and greenish-blue enamelled disk

the insignia measuring 19 mm (w) x 19 mm (h)

possibly related to the dislocated elbow

pivot very loose

to: Unteroffizier Otto Hoffmann

Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knight’s Of Malta, Silver Merit Medal Auction Archive silver plane insignia fronting a(Souverner Malteseorden Silberne Verdienstmedaille). In silver, obverse depicting a Maltese cross within a wreath of laurel leaves, reverse inscribed "MIL. ORDO EQVITUM MELITENSIVM BENE MERENTI" within a wreath of laurel leaves, a Maltese Cross within a circular frame above, measuring 37 mm (w) x 50. 7 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally pierced ball suspension, edge nicks, bruised, contact marks, without ribbon, very fine.