Reuss, Principality. A Golden Merit Medal Of The Princely Honour Cross, With Swords Auction the obverse with a rightward-facing

the obverse with a rightward-facing profile of Grand Duke Ludwig IV

with correct original period ribbon and fitted with silver ribbon buckle

making contact with the aircraft but credited with a "probable"

Footnote: Dudley Hodgson was born on February 22

Reuss, Principality. A Golden Merit Medal Of The Princely Honour Cross, With Swords Auction the obverse with a rightward-facing(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