Reuss, Principality. A Medal For Sacrifice In Wartime, C.1915 Newly Listed horizontally oval

horizontally oval

December 1899 - 16th

maker marked "Alois Rettenmaier Schwäb

It was not popular with the regiments

5 cm in width

Reuss, Principality. A Medal For Sacrifice In Wartime, C.1915 Newly Listed horizontally oval(Medaille fr aufopfernde Ttigkeit in Kriegszeit). Instituted 10 November 1915 by Prince Heinrich XVII. (1915 1918 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a central monogram of Prince Heinrich XXVII, the reverse with a circular oak leaf wreath and central inscription of FR TREUES WIRKEN IN EISERNER ZEIT 1914 (FOR FAITHFUL ACTIONS IN WARTIME 1914), measuring 33. 18 mm in diameter, weighing