Reuss, Kingdom. A Medal Of Merit Of The Princely Reuss Cross Of Honour, C.1900 United Republic of reverse with loop and dual

reverse with loop and dual attachment prongs

marked "STERLING" and maker marked "A

held in place via a screw to the brass gorget base

"Being medically unfit for further War Service" at Winnipeg

Reuss, Kingdom. A Medal Of Merit Of The Princely Reuss Cross Of Honour, C.1900 United Republic of reverse with loop and dual(Verdienstmedaille zum Frstlich Reuischen Ehrenkreuz). Instituted 24 May 1869 by Prince Heinrich XIV of Reuss Gera (Reuss Younger Line). A circular medal constructed of bronze gilt, the obverse centre bears the crowned cipher HR (for Prince Heinrich), the reverse bears the inscription Fur Verdienst (For Merit) encompassed by a laurel wreath tied with a ribbon at the bottom, measuring 33. 09 mm (w) x 37. 76 mm (h), with suspension ring on a deep red