Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, Principality. A War Merit Medal 1914 Hold mounted to a five-sided brass

mounted to a five-sided brass suspension with pinback

and now being kept up by domestic and business worries

enamel chipping evident on the left tip of the lower arm

hinged along the back

Tamgha-i-Diffa/General Service Medal 1947

Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, Principality. A War Merit Medal 1914 Hold mounted to a five-sided brass(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