Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous In Gold, Miniature I Class Knight, C.1900 GTRexclude composed (mostly) of Italian Officers

composed (mostly) of Italian Officers and Croatian enlisted men and NCO’s

also late of the Rifle Brigade

and afterwards in France

measuring 59 mm x 93 mm inclusive of sword and wreath suspension

the obverse depicting a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous In Gold, Miniature I Class Knight, C.1900 GTRexclude composed (mostly) of Italian Officers(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, the reverse with a light blue enameled medallion bearing a rampant lion in multi coloured enamels, surrounded by a ring of white enamels, measuring 15. 54 mm (w) x 17. 67 mm (h inclusive of