Description
he was admitted to a Convalescent Home on August 28th
light crazing and edge wear evident on the vulcanfibre visor
63 mm (w) x 96
The cockades are placed on original pins
He signed his Attestation Paper with the 135th Infantry Battalion "Middlesex Battalion"
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Principality. A Medal For Merit In War Newly Listed he was admitted to a(Medaille fr Verdienst im Krieg). Instituted 21 August 1914 by Prince Gnther. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of magnetic metal, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a central monogram of Prince Gnther, above a date of 1914, the reverse with an inscription of VERDIENST IM KRIEGE (MERIT IN WAR), within a laurel wreathed joined together at the bottom by ribbon, unmarked, measuring 39. 53 mm in diameter, in better than