Reuss, County. A Silver Merit Medal Of The Princely Honour Cross With Swords, C.1915 Hold INGERSOLL)

INGERSOLL)

the cap itself designed to slope gently towards the rear

to Native Chiefs who exhibited their loyalty to the government during the 1885 Riel Rebellion

64 mm (w) x 26

1 Canadian General Hospital at Etaples on December 23

Reuss, County. A Silver Merit Medal Of The Princely Honour Cross With Swords, C.1915 Hold INGERSOLL)(Silberne Verdienstmedaille mit Schwertern zum Frstrich Reuischen Ehrenkreuz). Instituted 24 May 1869 by Heinrich XIV. (1909 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, with an integral loop connecting to a clasp of crossed swords and a period original ribbon, the obverse with a central monogram of Heinrich XIV topped by a royal crown, the reverse with an inscription of FR VERDIENST (FOR MERIT) in Fraktur script, inside of an ornate laurel wreath, unmarked,