Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous, I Class Knight With Swords, C.1917 Archive with War Department embossed stamp

with War Department embossed stamp

Pattern - in stamped silvered aluminum

cotton reinforced patch behind the insignia

the main building of the university on Senate Square had recently been completed

an excellent example in mint and unissued condition

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous, I Class Knight With Swords, C.1917 Archive with War Department embossed stamp(Orden Philipps des Gromthigen, Ritterkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1840. Type II. (1849 1918 Issue). A white enamelled cross patte in silver gilt with crossed swords affixed to body centre, obverse with a light blue enamelled medallion bearing the leftward facing bust of Philip the Magnanimous in Gold, surrounded by a white enamelled ring inscribed SI DEUS NOBISCUM QUIS CONTRA NOS (IF GOD IS WITH US, WHO IS AGAINST US), reverse