the lid with a silver embossed number “25” within a cogwheel
with a Gold obverse centre exhibiting an engraved cyphre of Francis I
on a 59 mm long needle pin
officially engraved: 1896 PTE
1943 and arriving in the Mediterranean Area on the 24th
Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A General Honour Decoration, Silver Medal For Bravery, C.1917 Buy Now the lid with a silver(Allgemeine Ehrenzeichen). Instituted on 25 September 1843. Type III. (1917 1918 Issue). A round silver medal, the obverse centre presents the left facing portrait of Ernst Ludwig, circumscribed by the inscription ERNST LUDWIG GROSSHERZOG VON HESSEN, the reverse centre presents the inscription FR TAPFERKEIT (FOR BRAVERY), surrounded by a border comprised of half oak leaves and half laurel leaves, measuring 33. 39 mm in diameter, on loop for suspension