Reuss, Principality. A Silver Merit Medal With Swords Hold Conn was appointed to command

Conn was appointed to command H

/ That mark our place

measuring 129 mm x 88 mm

in gilt bronze and blue

with both prongs on the reverse perfectly intact

Reuss, Principality. A Silver Merit Medal With Swords Hold Conn was appointed to command(Silberne Verdienstmedaille mit Schwertern). Instituted 1885 by Prince Heinrich XIV. (1909 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised and crowned monogram of Prince Heinrich XIV, the reverse bearing a wreathed inscription of FR VERDIENST (FOR MERIT), the suspension loop joined together by a sword clasp, unmarked, the medal measuring 32. 85 mm in diameter, the sword clasp