Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous In Gold, I Class Knight Newly Listed 3) A Commemorative Westwall Medal

3) A Commemorative Westwall Medal “Deutsches Schutzwall-Ehrenzeichen”

maker marked "PROVAZNiK A SPOL

In patinated fine zinc

and partial loss to first letter of central motto

marked between the arms AW

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous In Gold, I Class Knight Newly Listed 3) A Commemorative Westwall Medal(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, surrounded by a white enameled ring inscribed SI DEUS NOBISCUM QUIS CONTRA NOS (If God is with us, who is against us) in Gold, the reverse with a light blue enameled medallion bearing a