International. Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order Of Saint John Of Jerusalem, Of Rhodes And Of Malta, I Class Grand Cross Case Auction Archive 5 mm (w) x 62

5 mm (w) x 62 mm (h) inclusive of its coat-of-arms suspension

The order had three classes and all classes conferred automatic hereditary ennoblement

measuring 52 mm x 36 mm

and was nazified in the Third Reich

International. Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order Of Saint John Of Jerusalem, Of Rhodes And Of Malta, I Class Grand Cross Case Auction Archive 5 mm (w) x 62(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,