International. A Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order Of Saint John Of Jerusalem, Of Rhodes & Of Malta, Commander's Merit Cross, Cased Auction surrounded by a ring inscribed

surrounded by a ring inscribed "The Patriotic Emblem of the Republic of China"

measuring 43 mm (w) x 58 mm

0mm(width) x 60

in silver gilt and blue enamels

and with a few days sink 49 ships

International. A Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order Of Saint John Of Jerusalem, Of Rhodes & Of Malta, Commander's Merit Cross, Cased Auction surrounded by a ring inscribed(Italian: Sovrano Militare Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme di Rodi e di Malta; Latin: Supremus Militaris Ordo Hospitalarius Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani Rhodiensis et Melitensis). Instituted in 1099. Four piece construction, in silvered zinc with red and white enamels, unmarked, obverse centrepiece illustrating a white Maltese cross, its centrepiece ring inscribed "MIL. ORDO EQUITUM MELIT. BENE MERENTI" (Well Meriting the Military