Hesse-Darmstadt, Landgraviate. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous, Commander, C.1900 Auction Archive 11a croce commemorativa dell'esercito

11a croce commemorativa dell'esercito

The line reads: visit of the Emperor at headquarters of the Crown Prince

Footnote: A similar buckle is illustrated on page 451 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

marked "900" silver and maker marked "PICHL" on the reverse

Hesse-Darmstadt, Landgraviate. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous, Commander, C.1900 Auction Archive 11a croce commemorativa dell'esercito(Orden Philipps des Gromtigen, Bruststern zum Komturkreuz). Instituted on 1 May 1840 by Grand Duke Ludwig II. Type II. (1849 1918 Issue). A silver cross patte with white enamelled arms, centre obverse presents a left facing golden bust of Philip over a blue enamelled field, circumscribed by a white enamelled ring, bordered and set in Gold, bearing the inscription SI DEUS NOBISCUM QUIS CONTRA NOS (IF GOD IS FOR US WHO CAN BE AGAINST US), reverse centre