Reuss, Principality. A Golden Merit Medal Of The Princely Honour Cross, With Swords Newly Listed Footnote: The Battalion was raised

Footnote: The Battalion was raised in British Columbia under the authority of G

he served as battalion adjutant

CHANDLER 82nd REGt INFTY

measuring 32 mm (w) x 70 mm (h)

in winter uniform wearing Army dagger

Reuss, Principality. A Golden Merit Medal Of The Princely Honour Cross, With Swords Newly Listed Footnote: The Battalion was raised(Goldene Verdienstmedaille mit Schwertern zum Frstlich Reuischen Ehrenkreuz). Instituted 25 May 1869 by Prince Heinrich XIV. (1909 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver, on loop for suspension, the obverse bearing a raised central monogram of Prince Heinrich XIV, within a pebbled border, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR VERDIENST (FOR MERIT) in Fraktur script, within a raised circular laurel leaf wreath, the twelve oclock