Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous, Miniature Ii Class Knight, C.1880 Hold and Legion of Merit

and Legion of Merit

with a swivel crown suspension

Nürnberg-Berlin” on the reverse

where he ceased to be attached

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous, Miniature Ii Class Knight, C.1880 Hold and Legion of Merit(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, surrounded by a white enameled ring with a inscription of SI DEUS NOBISCUM, QUIS CONTRA NOS (IF GOD IS WITH US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US?), the reverse with an analogous medallions bearing a red