Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knights Of Malta, Ladies Silver Merit Cross, C.1910 Hold inscribed “Für Verdienste im Feuerschutz”

inscribed “Für Verdienste im Feuerschutz”

obverse illustrating the royal crown above the inscription "ROYAL CANADIAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION" and enclosed in an open-ended wreath of maple leaves and olive leaves

each with a postmarked one cent U

with a slitted red felt medal bed

Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knights Of Malta, Ladies Silver Merit Cross, C.1910 Hold inscribed “Für Verdienste im Feuerschutz”(Souverner Malteseorden Silbernes Verdienstkreuz). A silvered bronze Maltese Cross in white enamel, the centre medallion presents a white enameled Maltese Cross over a red enamel field, circumscribed by a ring of white enamel, inscribed MIL. ORDO EQUITUM MELIT BENE MERENTI (Military Order of Merit), the reverse with a red enameled medallion dated 1916, surrounded by a ring of white enamel depicting an open ended wreath, unmarked, measures 39. 53 mm