Reuss, County. A Silver Medal For Loyalty And Merit Newly Listed An American Joint Service Commendation

An American Joint Service Commendation Medal

It features two clusters of seven small air vents on either side

Johannesburg

or "successful military and political training and preparation"

engraved “CORP

Reuss, County. A Silver Medal For Loyalty And Merit Newly Listed An American Joint Service Commendation(Silberne Medaille fr Treue und Verdienst). Instituted on 28 March 1867. A round silver medal, the obverse centre presents the interlaced crowned cipher FR above the Roman numeral XXII (22), surrounded by a wreath of oak leaves with acorns, the reverse centre inscribed FR TREUE UND VERDIENST (FOR LOYALTY AND MERIT), surrounded by a wreath of oak leaves with acorns, measuring 26. 39 mm in diameter, on loop for suspension from period original ribbon,