Hesse-Darmstadt, Landgraviate. A Ludwigsorder, Grand Cross Star, By Schnitzpahn, C.1910 Archive Franz Joseph Jubilee Medal 1908

Franz Joseph Jubilee Medal 1908 for Foreigners - Officer’s issue in silver

An Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

19 mm (w) x 42

The "official" backing colour to the shield was United Nations blue

Front of the cap features fine quality Wehrmacht eagle

Hesse-Darmstadt, Landgraviate. A Ludwigsorder, Grand Cross Star, By Schnitzpahn, C.1910 Archive Franz Joseph Jubilee Medal 1908(Ludwigsorden, Bruststern zum Grokreuz). Issued 1855 1918. A silver eight pointed rayed star; the obverse with a black central enameled medallion inscribed GOTT, EHERE, VATERLAND (German God, Honour, Fatherland), surrounded by a green enameled laurel and oak wreath; the reverse plain, with a vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a round wire catch; maker marked Schnitzpahn, Darmstadt on the reverse; measuring 83. 74 mm (w) x 82. 83 mm (h); weighing