Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A War Honour Decoration, Light Version Auction Archive 5 mm (w) x 39

5 mm (w) x 39

Watson and Viney

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

the three lower buttons placed discreetly under a foldover flap

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A War Honour Decoration, Light Version Auction Archive 5 mm (w) x 39(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