Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Merit Of The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order Of St John Of Jerusalem, Of Rhodes And Of Malta, Gold Grade Medal Buy Now Footnote: Lieutenant-General Guy Granville Simonds

Footnote: Lieutenant-General Guy Granville Simonds CC

5 mm (w) x 49

reverse maker inscribed "Vertrieb durch das HEIMATWERK OBERDONAU"

with ball hinge set up on reverse

he was promoted to Obergefreiter (Senior Lance Corporal)

Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Merit Of The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order Of St John Of Jerusalem, Of Rhodes And Of Malta, Gold Grade Medal Buy Now Footnote: Lieutenant-General Guy Granville SimondsIn bronze gilt, unmarked, 36. 5 mm (w) x 45. 7 mm (h), original ribbon, scattered gilt wear, better than very fine. Footnote: The medal was instituted on April 24 1912 by Decree 1879 of the Sovereign Council of the Order, having been proposed by Prince von Thun and Hohenstein, then Principal and Grand Master of the Order, in response to the work of members of the Order in the relief of suffering following the catastrophic earthquake and tidal wave in