Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, Principality. A War Merit Medal 1914 Newly Listed Simon initially joined the Landesschützen

Simon initially joined the Landesschützen Replacement Battalion 13 and on February 10 he was transferred to the 2nd Company of Landesschützen Training Battalion 13

the cover with a gold embossed NSDAP-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swasika

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nine finger liner

Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, Principality. A War Merit Medal 1914 Newly Listed Simon initially joined the Landesschützen(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