Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A War Honour Decoration, c. 1925 Hold with twenty-one signatures in black

with twenty-one signatures in black or blue ink on the reverse

1915 and was Killed in Action on December 11

he officially transferred to Reserve I for his leave

Army Medal for the War 1939-1945 (in bronze gilt

He was to return to the French theatre a second time

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A War Honour Decoration, c. 1925 Hold with twenty-one signatures in black(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