Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, Principality. A War Merit Medal 1914 United Republic of Jubilee Medal for 40 Years

Jubilee Medal for 40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR 1918-1958 (brass

the leather chinstrap is secured by two brass buttons

and Prussian Imperial insignia on reverse and obverse

1959 that the award was finally instituted for those who had served a minimum of three months in the armed forces

After some time working in banking he decided to join the British Army aged 17 in 1880 and he served with the 7th Royal Fusiliers

Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, Principality. A War Merit Medal 1914 United Republic of Jubilee Medal for 40 Years(Medaille Verdienst im Kriege 1914) Instituted 21 August 1914. A circular medal constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse bears two decorated intertwined mirrored Gs with a crown at the top, below bears the inscription 1914, the reverse centre bears the inscription VERDIENST IM KRIEGE (MERIT IN WAR), encompassed by a laurel leaf wreath tied with a ribbon at the bottom, measuring 40. 05 mm (w) x 45. 02 mm (h), with loop for suspension on a yellow and