Reuss, Principality. A Medal For Sacrifice In Wartime, C.1915 Newly Listed handle exhibiting moderate wear

handle exhibiting moderate wear

sent by boxing legend Max Schmeling along with a signed holiday card

Order of Condor of the Andes - Commander’s breast Star

from January 2 to August 30

it was noted that he had been "gassed at several times

Reuss, Principality. A Medal For Sacrifice In Wartime, C.1915 Newly Listed handle exhibiting moderate wear(Medaille fr aufopfernde Ttigkeit in Kriegszeit). Instituted 10 November 1915 by Prince Heinrich XVII. (1915 1918 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a central monogram of Prince Heinrich XXVII, the reverse with a circular oak leaf wreath and central inscription of FR TREUES WIRKEN IN EISERNER ZEIT 1914 (FOR FAITHFUL ACTIONS IN WARTIME 1914), measuring 33. 18 mm in diameter, weighing