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 Hold with Cypher "GFC"

with Cypher "GFC"

1888 in Ilfracome

in solid gold

red enamelled centrepiece with a gilt lion

serving as Military Secretary at Headquarters until 1917

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 Hold with Cypher "GFC"In 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