Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous In Gold, Miniature I Class Knight, C.1900 GTRexclude composed (mostly) of Italian Officers

composed (mostly) of Italian Officers and Croatian enlisted men and NCO’s

trimmed with a detailed gold bullion wire fringe

light loss of enamel to end of four rays

the obverse depicting a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

He resumed his employment with the railway after he returned from the war

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous In Gold, Miniature I Class Knight, C.1900 GTRexclude composed (mostly) of Italian Officers(Orden Philipps des Gromthigen, Ritterkreuz 1. Klasse). Instituted 1 May 1 1840. Type II. (1859 1918 Issue.) A white enameled cross patte in Gold, the obverse with a light blue enameled medallion bearing the leftward facing bust of Philip the Magnanimous in Gold, the reverse with a light blue enameled medallion bearing a rampant lion in multi coloured enamels, surrounded by a ring of white enamels, measuring 15. 54 mm (w) x 17. 67 mm (h inclusive of