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)

On November 11

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

whose name and description I do not know

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