Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knight’s Of Malta, Merit Neck Badge Auction As the Allied defense crumbled

As the Allied defense crumbled under the relentless Japanese onslaught

light crazing evident in the light blue enamels on the reverse centrepiece

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Button (blackened bakelite

pinback on the reverse

the loop attached to the twelve o’clock arm has become undone on one side

Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knight’s Of Malta, Merit Neck Badge Auction As the Allied defense crumbled(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