Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A War Honour Decoration, Light Version certificate_of_authenticity with larger dots forming a

with larger dots forming a frame around them and a bell-shaped cap above

It retains virtually all of its original factory-applied blueing

The division can trace its origins to 1659 when the Duke Carlo Emanuele II of Savoy formed a regiment of Guards

the obverse bears a “DRA” ciphe encompassed by an oak leaf wreath

nothing major

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A War Honour Decoration, Light Version certificate_of_authenticity with larger dots forming a(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