Austria, Imperial. An Order of Malta Bailiff Star, with Case Hold Footnote: Joseph Albert LeClair

Footnote: Joseph Albert LeClair

these one-piece insignia were made in a machine woven (BeVo) style

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey chevron topped by two pips

First badge is sterling silver

on loops for suspension from period original ribbon

Austria, Imperial. An Order of Malta Bailiff Star, with Case Hold Footnote: Joseph Albert LeClair(Malteser Verdienstorden Bruststern). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a vaulted Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, the reverse with a narrow barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring 53. 80 mm (w) x 54. 16 mm (h), weighing 20. 2 grams, accompanied by its original presentation case, constructed of a pressed card stock frame with a faux black leather exterior liner, the interior