Hesse, Grand Duchy. A General Honour Medal For Bravery certificate_of_authenticity and re-established in 1918

and re-established in 1918

reverse engraved "H

with old test mark on 6 o'clock arm

Magnetic core (magnetic)

He died less than half a year after his 75th birthday

Hesse, Grand Duchy. A General Honour Medal For Bravery certificate_of_authenticity and re-established in 1918(Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen fr Tapferkeit). Instituted 25 September 1843 by Grand Duke Ludwig II. (1894 1918). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a leftward facing profile of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig II, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a central inscription of FR TAPFERKEIT (FOR BRAVERY), within a laurel and oak leaf wreath, unmarked, measuring 33. 33 mm in diameter, weighing