Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A War Honour Decoration, Screwback Conversion Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (Sturmabteilung Fliegereinheiten Gürtelschnalle)

(Sturmabteilung Fliegereinheiten Gürtelschnalle)

The Legion of Merit (Commander degree) is one of only two United States military decorations to be issued as a neck order (the other being the Medal of Honor)

in copper-washed metal (magnetic)

1918: made Commandant of the Army air Group Belluno

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A War Honour Decoration, Screwback Conversion Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (Sturmabteilung Fliegereinheiten Gürtelschnalle)(Kriegerehrenzeichen in Eisen an Schraubscheibe). Instituted 13 March 1917 by Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig. (1917 issue). Constructed of silvered magnetic iron and 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 demonstrating careful removal of the original hinge and catch and