Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A War Honour Decoration, c. 1925 Hold A Second War American Navy

A Second War American Navy Pilot Wing  - In silver gilt

in red and black felt with a metal Wolfsangel in the centre

before being promoted to Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel) and serving on the Staff of Füsilier Regiment “General-Feldmarschall Prinz Albrecht von Preußen (Hanoverian) No

He was to return to the French theatre a second time

over top of a green enameled laurel wreath

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A War Honour Decoration, c. 1925 Hold A Second War American Navy(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