Austria, Republic. An Order of the Knights of Malta, Grand Cross, by E. Gardino Cravanzola, c.1950 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic numbered "145189" on the reverse

numbered "145189" on the reverse

Also included in a lengthy original citation/reccomendation for the German Cross in Gold outlining Klattes missions over Coventry

Patches of mothing are evident to both the crown and cap band

Hants on October 27

Austria, Republic. An Order of the Knights of Malta, Grand Cross, by E. Gardino Cravanzola, c.1950 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic numbered "145189" on the reverse(Souverner Ritter und Hospitalorden vom heiligen Johannes von Jerusalem von Rhodos und von Malta). Instituted circa 1099 (c. 1950 issue). The Sash Badge, in bronze gilt and red and white enamels, consisting of a four point cross bearing a central red enamelled medallion with a white enamelled Maltese Cross, surrounded by a white ring of enamels inscribed Mil. Ordo. Equitum Melit. Bene Merenti in gilt capitalized letters, the reverse medallion in red