Reuss, Principality. A Medal For Sacrifice In Wartime, C.1915 Auction Archive Berdan chose the Sharps rifle

Berdan chose the Sharps rifle mainly because of its fast breech loading and outstanding accuracy from long-range distances

with most of silvering worn off

Merit Cross First Class - In silver gilt and enamels

Unteroffizier Pilot of Kampfgeschwader 51

Members transitioned to the Stahlhelm at the age of 20

Reuss, Principality. A Medal For Sacrifice In Wartime, C.1915 Auction Archive Berdan chose the Sharps rifle(Medaille fr aufopfernde Ttigkeit in Kriegszeit). Instituted 10 November 1915 by Prince Heinrich XVII. (1915 1918 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a central monogram of Prince Heinrich XXVII, the reverse with a circular oak leaf wreath and central inscription of FR TREUES WIRKEN IN EISERNER ZEIT 1914 (FOR FAITHFUL ACTIONS IN WARTIME 1914), measuring 33. 18 mm in diameter, weighing