Reuss, Principality. A Medal For Sacrifice In Wartime, C.1915 Newly Listed 88 mm (w) x 79

88 mm (w) x 79

5 cm in width

marked with the British lion and date marked "b" (1817) on the underside of the lid

with a wide white field in the centre

horizontally oval

Reuss, Principality. A Medal For Sacrifice In Wartime, C.1915 Newly Listed 88 mm (w) x 79(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