Reuß. A 1909-1918 Silver Merit Medal With Swords To The Princly Honour Cross Archive Upon the ceasing of hosilities

Upon the ceasing of hosilities

He was an early believer in national socialism

the son of John Fulton Turnbull and Jean Beckwith Turnbull

with North in uniform

lower section of the star bearing the sphinx on a blank tablet

Reuß. A 1909-1918 Silver Merit Medal With Swords To The Princly Honour Cross Archive Upon the ceasing of hosilities"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