The Princely Schwarzburg Honor Cross was an Order of merit common to the principalities of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.

The order was founded in 1853 by Friedrich Günther, Sovereign Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt to reward meritorious service to the Principality.

During the war, a non-combat medal for soldiers was introduced, which had a blue ribbon with a red stripe.

[4] The second class was a slightly smaller design, its main difference being that it was suspended from a ribbon on the breast.

the medals were identical in design with both gold and silver medals bearing the Schwarzburg lion on the obverse, with two oak sprays on the lower half, and the legend FÜR TREUE UND VERDIENST (for loyalty and merit), the reverse bears the cipher of the reigning monarch with a prince's crown.