Description
blue and brown enamels
the obverse consisting of a wreath of laurel and oak leaves with a eagle superimposed on the badge
constructed of cardboard-reinforced crimson wool
Badge only without cord
He was cited for his DCM in the London Gazette of October 30
International. A Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order Of Saint John Of Jerusalem, Of Rhodes & Of Malta, Commander's Merit Cross, Cased United Republic of blue and brown enamels(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