Reuß. A 1909-1918 Silver Merit Medal With Swords To The Princly Honour Cross GTRexclude HETHERINGTON

HETHERINGTON

He was promoted to Able Seaman on November 23

being renamed the Ordine della Stella d’Italia (Order of the Star of Italy)

and returned to duty on the 10th

Reuß. A 1909-1918 Silver Merit Medal With Swords To The Princly Honour Cross GTRexclude HETHERINGTON"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