Austria, Republic. An Order of the Knights of Malta, Grand Cross Breast Star of Merit, c. 1950, by E. Gardino Cravanzola Hold reverse with an analogous white

reverse with an analogous white enamelled medallion bearing a Gold and enamelled Saxon coat of arms

On March 17 Simon’s training was completing and he was placed in the Landesschützen Battalion 847 in his hometown Bamberg

He was given a conditional pass and sorted into the Landsturm

obverse illustrating the left-facing busts of Friedrich I

Austria, Republic. An Order of the Knights of Malta, Grand Cross Breast Star of Merit, c. 1950, by E. Gardino Cravanzola Hold reverse with an analogous white(Souverner Ritter und Hospitalorden vom heiligen Johannes von Jerusalem von Rhodos und von Malta). Instituted circa 1099 (c. 1950 issue). Constructed of silver, silver gilt, and red and white enamels, consisting of a eight pointed star with five quills between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a central cross with white enameled arms bearing a central red enameled medallion with a white enameled Maltese Cross, surrounded by a white ring of