Reuss, County. An Honour Cross In Gold, I Class With Crown & Swords, C.1914 GTRexclude 60 mm x 145 mm

60 mm x 145 mm x 105 mm in height

before being transferred and promoted to 2nd Lieutenant with the 8th Battalion London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

It stated that "This Officer was evacuated on 12-11-18 & reports from Special Hosp

who was one of the troops aboard the ill-fated liner and was believed to be "drowned at sea"

Instituted in 1853

Reuss, County. An Honour Cross In Gold, I Class With Crown & Swords, C.1914 GTRexclude 60 mm x 145 mm(Frstlich Reuisches Ehrenkreuz 1. Klasse mit Krone und Schwertern). Instituted on 24 May 1869. (Issued 1909 1918). A Gold Maltese cross with silver rays radiating from the centre of the cross, obverse with a red enameled central medallion depicting a Gold crowned coat of arms of Reuss, surrounded by a Gold ring, reverse centre featuring a black enameled central medallion depicting a gold crowned royal cipher of Heinrich, surrounded by a Gold ring, on