Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Principality. A Silver Honour Medal, C.1875 Buy Now hardly touched by British guns

hardly touched by British guns

And: In the year of freedom they gave us the cross of iron

with a laurel wreath between the arms of the cross

intact glass inlays and enamels

number impressed "566" on the reverse cartouche

Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Principality. A Silver Honour Medal, C.1875 Buy Now hardly touched by British guns(Ehrenmedaille in Silber). Instituted 9 June 1857 28 May 1857 by Prince Friedrich Gnther of Rudolstadt and Prince Gnther Friedrich Carl II of Sondershausen. (1857 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from medalbar, the obverse bearing a raised Schwarzburg lion, circumscribed by an inscription of FR TREUE UND VERDIENST (FOR LOYALTY AND SERVICE) with oak leaf branches, the reverse bearing a raised monogram of Prince Friedrich