Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A General Honour Decoration, Silver Medal For Bravery, C.1917 GTRexclude Saidor Supplies

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credited with having served one year and two months in the RCAF

the dragon lays on a heavily textured gilt rock

measuring 65 mm (w) x 110 mm (l) x 20 mm (h)

marked under the bust PETZL

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A General Honour Decoration, Silver Medal For Bravery, C.1917 GTRexclude Saidor Supplies(Allgemeine Ehrenzeichen). Instituted on 25 September 1843. Type III. (1917 1918 Issue). A round silver medal, the obverse centre presents the left facing portrait of Ernst Ludwig, circumscribed by the inscription ERNST LUDWIG GROSSHERZOG VON HESSEN, the reverse centre presents the inscription FR TAPFERKEIT (FOR BRAVERY), surrounded by a border comprised of half oak leaves and half laurel leaves, measuring 33. 39 mm in diameter, on loop for suspension