Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knight’s Of Malta, Merit Neck Badge GTRexclude with securing clips at the

with securing clips at the neck end

These watches were similar in their outward appearance

Walter headed overseas arriving in England 14th February 1916 as a member of the Canadian Field Artillery

A 1939 SA Gruppe Hessen Gruppenwettkämpfe badge

Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knight’s Of Malta, Merit Neck Badge GTRexclude with securing clips at the(Souverner Malteseorden). A silver gilt Latin cross consisting of white enamels, with rounded ends; the obverse with a central red enameled medallion depicting a white enameled Maltese cross, surrounded by a ring of white enamels, inscribed MIL. ORDO EQUITUM MELIT BENE MERENTI (Latin Military Order of Merit); the reverse with a similar red enameled medallion, dated 1916 surrounded by a ring of white enamels depicting an open ended wreath; on a loop