Reuss, Principality. A Merit Medal With Swords Buy Now He soon saw action and

He soon saw action and suffered a gun shot wound by shrapnel to his right hand

illustrating a fouled anchor on a German tri-colour background in the centre

with some small enamel repair in the top left corner of the twelve o’clock arm and scattered fine hairline scracks in the enamels on the six o’clock arm

named to "Vernon R

measuring 35 cm (w) x 40 cm (h)

Reuss, Principality. A Merit Medal With Swords Buy Now He soon saw action and(Silberne Verdienstmedaille mit Schwertern). Instituted 1885 by Prince Heinrich XIV. (1909 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension with a crossed sword clasp and period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised and crowned monogram of Prince Heinrich XIV, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR VERDIENST (FOR MERIT), situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath, unmarked, the medal measuring 32. 72 mm in