Reuss, County. A Silver Merit Medal Of The Princely Honour Cross With Swords, C.1915 certificate_of_authenticity bearing a yellow machine-embroidered inscription

bearing a yellow machine-embroidered inscription of “PANZERSCHIFF ADMIRAL GRAF SPEE” in Gothic script

He died less than half a year after his 75th birthday

It is dated to Zagreb on May 14

A well and fine executed clear coat on all three

allied to Sardinia

Reuss, County. A Silver Merit Medal Of The Princely Honour Cross With Swords, C.1915 certificate_of_authenticity bearing a yellow machine-embroidered inscription(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,