Hesse, Grand Duchy. A General Honour Medal For Bravery United Republic of KAISERLICHER ORDEN DER EISERNEN KRONE

KAISERLICHER ORDEN DER EISERNEN KRONE III

direct small arms fire) will vary by unit

(Panzer Aufklärer Kragenspiegel)

” A photographer’s stamp states that the picture was taken in Paris

from the first half of the twentieth century

Hesse, Grand Duchy. A General Honour Medal For Bravery United Republic of KAISERLICHER ORDEN DER EISERNEN KRONE(Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen fr Tapferkeit). Instituted 25 September 1843 by Grand Duke Ludwig II. (1894 1918). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a leftward facing profile of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig II, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a central inscription of FR TAPFERKEIT (FOR BRAVERY), within a laurel and oak leaf wreath, unmarked, measuring 33. 33 mm in diameter, weighing