Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous, Ii Class Knight With Swords, C.1880 Newly Listed the son of the aforementioned

the son of the aforementioned Colonel and Mrs

War Merit Cross 1st Class by Steinhauer & Lück - in silvered tombac

By the late Fall

8 mm (h) inclusive of its crown and swords suspension

3 March 1943 - Hamburg

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous, Ii Class Knight With Swords, C.1880 Newly Listed the son of the aforementioned(Orden Philipps des Gromthigen, Ritterkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted May 1, 1840. Type II. 1849 1918 Issue. Consisting of a white enameled cross pattee in silver with crossed swords between the arms of the cross, the 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