Reuss, County. A Princely Honour Cross, Iii Class With Swords, C.1914 Newly Listed The Military Order of William

The Military Order of William

otherwise extremely fine condition and very rare

He served in the Kaiser Franz Guard Grenadier Regiment 2 in Berlin

where he was to spend the next two weeks

Reuss, County. A Princely Honour Cross, Iii Class With Swords, C.1914 Newly Listed The Military Order of William(Frstlich Reuisches Ehrenkreuz, III. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 24 May 1869 by Prince Henry XIV. (Issued 1909 1918). A silver Maltese Cross with rays and a set of crossed swords piercing the center of the cross, the obverse with a red enameled central medallion depicting a gold crowned coat of arms of Reuss, surrounded by a gilt ring, the reverse with a black enameled central medallion depicting a gilt crowned royal cipher of Henry XIV,