Austria, Imperial. A Sovereign Order of the Knights of Malta, Gold Merit Cross certificate_of_authenticity The planes were four-engine bombers

The planes were four-engine bombers that were supplied by the United States under Lend-Lease (while at the end of the war both the Royal Air Force as well as the Royal Australian Air Force were willing to continue operating the B-24

and medical records)

some scattered wear on obverse

A First Type Army Marksman’s Lanyard

Austria, Imperial. A Sovereign Order of the Knights of Malta, Gold Merit Cross certificate_of_authenticity The planes were four-engine bombers(Souverner Malteseorden Goldenes Verdienskreuz). A Gold Merit Cross constructed of silver gilt, presenting as a Maria Theresa Cross with partially ribbed arms, central medallion with a Maltese Cross circumscribed by MIL. ORDO EQUITUM MELIT. BENE MERENTI (WELL MERITING THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE KNIGHTS OF MALTA), reverse with central medallion with raised date of 1916 within wreath, on loop for suspension from its period original civil ribbon,