Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A General Honour Decoration, Silver Medal for War Merit, c.1917

(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 FÜR KRIEGSVERDIENSTE (FOR WAR MERIT), surrounded by a border comprised of half oak leaves and half laurel leaves, measuring 33.26 mm in diameter, weighing 14.3 grams, on loop for suspension from period original ribbon for 1917-1918, and in near extremely fine condition, accompanied by a miniature version, measuring 16.42 mm in diameter.