Hesse-Homburg, Landgraviate. A Field Merit Badge, C.1850 Auction Archive the Chairman of the Visiting

the Chairman of the Visiting Committee of the City of London Mental Hospital

the scabbard measuring 268 mm in length

inscribed in Latin ""DE SARDIS AD NOVARAM"" above and ""DIE XXIII MARTII / MDCCCXLIX"" below

20 mm x 63 mm)

Ontario on February 20

Hesse-Homburg, Landgraviate. A Field Merit Badge, C.1850 Auction Archive the Chairman of the Visiting(Felddienstzeichen). Instituted 4 June 1850 by Landgrave Ferdinand. (1850 issue) Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a central monogram of Landgrave Ferdinand, above an inscription of GESTIFTED AM 4 JUNI 1850 (INSTITUTED ON 4 JUNE 1850), within a laurel and oak wreath, the reverse with an inscription of FR TREUEN DIENST IM KRIEGE (FOR LOYAL SERVICE IN WAR), unmarked, measuring 31. 21 mm in