Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A General Honour Decoration, Silver Medal For Bravery, With Original Paper Envelope GTRexclude beneath a scroll inscribed ARMY

beneath a scroll inscribed ARMY EDUCATIONAL CORPS

He later joined the United States Navy Hospital Corps and was discharged from the U

Vital Points in Dunedin was discharged on March 31

along with nine smaller faceted rays between each arm

the obverse with a central red enamelled medallion

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A General Honour Decoration, Silver Medal For Bravery, With Original Paper Envelope GTRexclude beneath a scroll inscribed ARMY(Allgemeine Ehrenzeichen). Instituted on 25 September 1843. Type III. (1894 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. 37 mm in diameter, on loop for suspension