Reuss, Principality. A Princely Honour Cross, Silver Merit Medal with Swords and Case, by Bury & Leonhard Archive one in silver gilt with

one in silver gilt with red and white enamels

” in Berlin

6mm (h – inclusive of shield and crown suspension)

first type without the motto

0 mm (w) x 52

Reuss, Principality. A Princely Honour Cross, Silver Merit Medal with Swords and Case, by Bury & Leonhard Archive one in silver gilt with(Frstlich Reuisches Ehrenkreuz, Silberne Verdienstmedaille mit Schwertern und Etui). Instituted 24 May 1869 by Prince Heinrich XIV. (1909 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, the obverse bearing a central 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, topped by an integral loop fastened with a crossed sword clasp, in turn