Austria, Imperial. Order of the Knights of Malta, I Class Merit Cross Province of China Duke Ernst of Saxe-Coburg and

Duke Ernst of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

and Aiguillettes

1944 and signed by an Oberfeldarzt and the hospital’s Chief Medical Officer

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

An Officer’s gold brocade dress belt with sword slings

Austria, Imperial. Order of the Knights of Malta, I Class Merit Cross Province of China Duke Ernst of Saxe-Coburg and(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