Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A Campaign Decoration, 1840-1866 Auction Archive He spent many of his

He spent many of his adolescent summers in Fonthill

with a Hoheitszeichen attached to the ribbon

25 mm (h - inclusive of laurel wreath suspension)

bronze star on a silvered bronze shield base

The leather chain backer and the leather sweatband are exhibiting the expected wear from active use

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A Campaign Decoration, 1840-1866 Auction Archive He spent many of his(Felddienstzeichen 1840 1866). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a central monogram of Grand Duke Ludwig II, above an inscription of GESTIFTET AM 14. JUNI 1840 (INSTITUTED ON 14TH JUNE 1840) and within a laurel and oak leaf wreath, the reverse with an inscription of FR TREUEN DIENST IM KRIEGE (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN WAR), measuring 31. 47 mm in diameter, weighing 18. 7 grams, in