Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous, Ii Class Knight, C.1900 certificate_of_authenticity Private Lauchlin Mann earned MM

Private Lauchlin Mann earned MM (LG 29854

The document is dated to Kassel on April 15

” the reverse presents the inscription “FORTITVDINI

Footnote: This tank badge stems from the personal collection of predominant historian Thomas Durante

4th Infantry Battalion was examined by a Medical Board at the London Area on December 31st

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous, Ii Class Knight, C.1900 certificate_of_authenticity Private Lauchlin Mann earned MM(Orden Philipps des Gromthigen, Ritterkreuz 2. Klasse). Instituted 1 May 1 1840. Type II. 1859 1918 Issue. A white enameled cross patte in silver, 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 rampant