Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, Principality. A War Merit Medal 1914 certificate_of_authenticity while serving with the 1st

while serving with the 1st Reserve Artillery Battery of the 34th Regiment

When the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service merged to form the Royal Air Force on April 1

Two seperate boats were launched at different times

As a result local Croatian Germans were allowed to form a distinctive German-speaking Regiment made up entirely of Germans

and healing took place in 19 days

Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, Principality. A War Merit Medal 1914 certificate_of_authenticity while serving with the 1st(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