Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A Rare Miniature Field Honour Decoration In Gold Newly Listed measuring 217 mm (w) x

measuring 217 mm (w) x 280 mm (h) x 15 mm (d)

with a slotted royal blue velvet medal bed

marked 6 on ring for

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Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A Rare Miniature Field Honour Decoration In Gold Newly Listed measuring 217 mm (w) x(Felddienstzeichen 1840 Miniatur in Gold). Instituted 14 June 1840 by Grand Duke Ludwig II. (1840 1966 issue). Constructed of 14k Gold, on loop for suspension, the obverse bearing a central wreathed monogram of Grand Duke Ludwig II, situated above an inscription of GESTIFTET AM 14. JUNI 1840 (INSTITUTED ON THE 14TH OF JUNE 1840), the reverse bearing a wreathed inscription of FR TREUEN DIENSTE IM KRIEGE (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN WAR), unmarked,