Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A War Honour Badge In Iron GTRexclude Court-mounted with swing bar

Court-mounted with swing bar

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copy from negative of Theater Service Forces

mounted to a 120 mm (w) x 195 mm (h) card and studio marked "A Portrait by Horace Dudley")

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Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A War Honour Badge In Iron GTRexclude Court-mounted with swing bar(Kriegerehrenzeichen in Eisen). Instituted 13 March 1917 by Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig. (1917 issue). Constructed of magnetic iron, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, overlaid by a silvered zink alloy applique consisting of a central monogram of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig, topped by a royal crown, and above a plaque bearing a number of 25, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse applique in place, with a barrel hinge