Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knight’s Of Malta, Silver Merit Medal For Ladies United Republic of or support

or support

An 1883-1885  French Tonkin Medal

Measuring 375 mm in length with the scabbard on

as both ships escaped to the German port of Kiel

his older brother Thomas (age 14) listed as a Coal Miner Shiftman

Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knight’s Of Malta, Silver Merit Medal For Ladies United Republic of or support(Souverner Malteserorden Silberne Verdienstmedaille). An oval silver medal; the obverse with a Maltese cross in the centre of the medal, surrounded by a laurel wreath with berries; the reverse inscribed Equitum Melitensium (Latin Loosely translated, Guardian of the Maltese Order), surrounded by a laurel wreath with berries; on a loop for suspension from its period original ladies bowtie ribbon; measuring 36. 36 mm (w) x 48. 54 mm (h); weighing 29. 3