Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A War Honour Decoration, Light Version Auction Archive For Service At The Front

For Service At The Front Badge (bronze and enamels

toning to silver

Watson and Viney

5 mm (w) x 39

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 For Service At The Front(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