Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A War Honour Decoration, c. 1925 Auction Instituted 18 May 1909 by

Instituted 18 May 1909 by Tsar Ferdinand I

" (Weyersberg Kirschbaum & Company of Solingen) on the reverse ricasso

Institution Date: January 8

NSDAP Goring Gau Weissenfels Tinnie

The reverse ricasso bears a maker’s mark of “GOTTLIEB HAMMESFAHR

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A War Honour Decoration, c. 1925 Auction Instituted 18 May 1909 by(Kriegerehrenzeichen in Eisen). Instituted 13 March 1917 by Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig. (1917 issue). Constructed of patinated 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