Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A War Honour Decoration, Light Version Auction Archive Oct 21st 1943

Oct 21st 1943

For Service At The Front Badge (bronze and enamels

including a Bavarian Landwehr Long Service Medal

Nassau ribbon

The Silver Medal was created to consolidate awards for other ranks of British and Commonwealth voluntary forces

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A War Honour Decoration, Light Version Auction Archive Oct 21st 1943(Kriegerehrenzeichen in Eisen). Instituted 13 March 1917 by Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig. (1917 issue). Constructed of iron and silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of a circular blackened magnetic iron laurel leaf wreath, overlaid by a silvered monogram of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig, topped by a crown and situated above a plaque bearing a number of 25, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse fixture in position, with a crimped hinge and