Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A War Honour Decoration, Light Version Hold with a curved protruding handle

with a curved protruding handle flanked by a measurement mark of “0

maker marked "Ch

a grease stain

in esoplast

measuring 30 mm (w) x 57 mm (h)

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A War Honour Decoration, Light Version Hold with a curved protruding handle(Kriegerehrenzeichen in Eisen). Instituted 13 March 1917 by Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig. (1917 issue). Constructed of iron and silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of a circular blackened magnetic iron laurel leaf wreath, overlaid by a silvered monogram of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig, topped by a crown and situated above a plaque bearing a number of 25, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse fixture in position, with a crimped hinge and