Austria, Imperial. Order of the Knights of Malta, I Class Merit Cross Province of China An Officer’s gold brocade dress

An Officer’s gold brocade dress belt with sword slings

The Fort Garry Horse

overlaid by author and title

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

Catherine Street in Montreal

Austria, Imperial. Order of the Knights of Malta, I Class Merit Cross Province of China An Officer’s gold brocade dress(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