Reuß. A 1909-1918 Silver Merit Medal With Swords To The Princly Honour Cross GTRexclude red and white enamelled bronze

red and white enamelled bronze shield in the centre

1878 and is buried in the Juneau city cemetery

HETHERINGTON

maker marked "ELLIS BROS LTD" on the reverse

The reverse blade is in the same fine condition and it displays mark of this producer

Reuß. A 1909-1918 Silver Merit Medal With Swords To The Princly Honour Cross GTRexclude red and white enamelled bronze"A fine example of a 1909 1918 issue Reu Silver Merit Medal with Swords to the Princely Honour Cross (Silberne Verdienstmedaille mit Schwertern zum Frstlichen Reuischen Ehrenlreuz); a silver medal; the obverse with the royal monogram of Heinrich Reu, with the Reu royal crown directly above; the reverse inscribed Fr Verdienst (For Merit) within an open ended laurel wreath; on a loop for suspension, with crossed swords suspended from a loop at the top