Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A War Honour Decoration, c. 1925 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac first pattern with drop tail

first pattern with drop tail eagle

A lot of seven studio portraits and private photos

After a period of training on surface vessels

reverse with the New York State coat-of-arms

Waffen-SS Grenadier Div

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A War Honour Decoration, c. 1925 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac first pattern with drop tail(Kriegerehrenzeichen in Eisen). Instituted 13 March 1917 by Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig. (1917 issue). Constructed of patinated and silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of a circular blackened magnetic iron laurel leaf wreath, overlaid by a silvered monogram of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig, topped by a crown and situated above a plaque bearing a number of 25, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse fixture in position, with a crimped hinge