Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A War Honour Decoration, c. 1938 certificate_of_authenticity with a Heeresverwaltung (Army Administration)

with a Heeresverwaltung (Army Administration) Officer’s shoulder board

It was here that he earned his India General Service Medal with the Hazara and Samana clasps

Instituted on January 30

measuring 8 cm (w) x 11 cm (h)

one on each breast and larger ones at the waist on both sides

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A War Honour Decoration, c. 1938 certificate_of_authenticity with a Heeresverwaltung (Army Administration)(Kriegerehrenzeichen in Eisen). Instituted 13 March 1917 by Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig. (1917 issue). Constructed of silvered and blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of a blackened circular 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 clips securing the monogram and crown in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical