International. Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order Of Saint John Of Jerusalem, Of Rhodes And Of Malta, I Class Grand Cross Case Auction Archive black screen-printed text overprint inscribed

black screen-printed text overprint inscribed "SERVICE PUBLIC de l'ELECTRICITE" above a large "E" flanked by thrusting downward-pointing arrows

including an Anschluss postcard constructed of card stock with multi-coloured ink

Approximately 2400 officers joined the Society as original members and made a contribution of one months' pay towards the organization and the officer’s families

Both groups are un-mounted

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International. Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order Of Saint John Of Jerusalem, Of Rhodes And Of Malta, I Class Grand Cross Case Auction Archive black screen-printed text overprint inscribed(Italian: Sovrano militare ordine di Malta; Latin: Supremus Ordo Militaris Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani Rhodius et Melitensis). Instituted in 1099. Hardshelled design on both the lid and base, with a prominent rounded front, red pebbled cloth exterior on all six sides, a four piece hessian Maltese Cross dyed in white ink, the individual pieces forming the cross cut into and placed within the centre of the lid, inside lid in white satin,