Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous, Miniature Ii Class Knight, C.1900 United Republic of Measuring 13

Measuring 13

crazing evident in the yellow enamelled centrepiece

the announcement appearing in the Fifth Supplement to the London Gazette 30719 of Friday

inscribed "FOR KING AND EMPIRE" and "SERVICES RENDERED" surrounding the monogram of George V on the obverse

page 11-12 in the second manual is loose versus the binding

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous, Miniature Ii Class Knight, C.1900 United Republic of Measuring 13(Orden Philipps des Gromthigen, Ritterkreuz 1. Klasse). Instituted 1 May 1 1840. Type II. (1859 1918 Issue.) A white enameled cross patte in Gold, 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 with a inscription of SI DEUS NOBISCUM, QUIS CONTRA NOS (IF GOD IS WITH US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US?), the reverse with an analogous medallions bearing a red