Reuss, Principality. A Golden Merit Medal Of The Princely Honour Cross, With Swords Newly Listed mounted for brooch wear

mounted for brooch wear

then transferred on March 31st for further treatment at the Canadian Special Hospital in London

238" on the underside at the right end

marked “L/10” on pin (for Deschler & Sohn)

measuring 40 mm x 38 mm

Reuss, Principality. A Golden Merit Medal Of The Princely Honour Cross, With Swords Newly Listed mounted for brooch wear(Goldene Verdienstmedaille mit Schwertern zum Frstlich Reuischen Ehrenkreuz). Instituted 25 May 1869 by Prince Heinrich XIV. (1909 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver, on loop for suspension, the obverse bearing a raised central monogram of Prince Heinrich XIV, within a pebbled border, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR VERDIENST (FOR MERIT) in Fraktur script, within a raised circular laurel leaf wreath, the twelve oclock