Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knight’s Of Malta, Silver Merit Medal Hold touches of green embroidery in

touches of green embroidery in the base of the crown

Footnote: Roland MacKay Bleakley was born in 1916 in Kindersley

Issued to Rudolf Braun

the reverse with an oak leaf wreath

and had the honor of being the eighth former student of the school to be decorated with the Ritterkreuz

Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knight’s Of Malta, Silver Merit Medal Hold touches of green embroidery in(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.