Hesse, Grand Duchy. A General Honor Decoration, Type III Buy Now showing period wear

showing period wear

Machine embroidered pink (Feurerwehr) eagle with pink swastika on grey-coloured rayon backer

A Board of Officers was assembled in November 1941 at Moncton

and Boutonniere: marked "1/20 10K G F" (1/20 10K Gold Filled) and maker marked "E

In late 1942 Meendsen-Bohlken was transferred to northern Africa to become Navy Commander-in-Chief in Tunisia

Hesse, Grand Duchy. A General Honor Decoration, Type III Buy Now showing period wear(Allgemeine Ehrenzeichen) Instituted 25 September 1843. 1894 1918 Issue. A circular medal constructed of silver, the obverse bears the left facing bust of Ernst Ludwig, circumscribed by the inscription ERNST LUDWIG GROSSHERZOG VON HESSEN, the reverse centre presents the inscription FR KRIEGSVERDIENSTE (FOR WAR MERIT) encompassed by a laurel and oak wreath tied with a ribbon at the bottom, with loop for suspension on a blue ribbon with red stripes,