Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A War Honour Decoration, c. 1925 Hold 1915 and was Killed in

1915 and was Killed in Action on December 11

the exterior bearing a central white cotton disc overlaid by a dyed black swastika

He was to return to the French theatre a second time

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

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

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A War Honour Decoration, c. 1925 Hold 1915 and was Killed in(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