Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knight’s Of Malta, Silver Merit Medal Auction Archive 1942 and promoted to Flight

1942 and promoted to Flight Lieutenant

1945 Behr was hospitalised with a metabolic disease

to: Unteroffizier Otto Hoffmann

After completing his jungle training

Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Knight’s Of Malta, Silver Merit Medal Auction Archive 1942 and promoted to Flight(Souverner Malteseorden Silberne Verdienstmedaille). In silver, obverse depicting a Maltese cross within a wreath of laurel leaves, reverse inscribed "MIL. ORDO EQVITUM MELITENSIVM BENE MERENTI" within a wreath of laurel leaves, a Maltese Cross within a circular frame above, measuring 37 mm (w) x 50. 7 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally pierced ball suspension, edge nicks, bruised, contact marks, without ribbon, very fine.