Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A Silver Bravery Medal, C.1917 Hold first version with tongues on

first version with tongues on reverse

1917 in Bromley

Die stamped in aluminum

Major Sutcliffe and his men turned their attention to the wood

with fishermen who served on deep-sea trawlers also qualifying for the medal

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A Silver Bravery Medal, C.1917 Hold first version with tongues on(Silberne Medaille fr Verdienste). Instituted 1850 by Grand Duke Ludwig III. (Issue 1917 1918). A round silver medal, the obverse depicting the leftward facing head of Grand Duke Ludwig III, circumscribed by his name and title, the reverse inscribed FR TAPFERKEIT (For Bravery) within a laurel and oak wreath, on a loop for suspension from its shortened period original ribbon, measuring 33. 54 mm in diameter, weighing 14. 0 grams with its ribbon, light