Austria, Imperial. An Order Of The Knights Of Malta, Merit Cross, C. 1916 Buy Now They were ordered to travel

They were ordered to travel to British ports and assist the British Royal Navy in the event of a war with Nazi Germany

suspended from a hollow silver crown with a pierced horizontal ball suspension

A round gilded zink medal

a paramilitary organization set up by former soldiers in the chaos following the end of the First World War

Adams retired in the rank of Lieutenant (Retired) on May 31

Austria, Imperial. An Order Of The Knights Of Malta, Merit Cross, C. 1916 Buy Now They were ordered to travel(Souverner Malteserorden Verdienstkreuz). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of an Anchor Cross with white enameled arms, he obverse with a central red enameled medallion bearing a white enameled Maltese cross, surrounded by a ring of white enamel bearing a gilt inscription of MIL. ORDO EQUITUM MELIT BENE MERENTI (MILITARY ORDER OF MERIT), the reverse with an analogous red enameled medallion with a gilt date of 1916,