Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A Silver Bravery Medal, C.1917 certificate_of_authenticity One picture removed and a

One picture removed and a few missing but overall near very fine condition

maker marked "40" (Berg & Nolte ) on the ring

Maker Marked

his POW-index card with photo and data

while the left breast houses two loops above a series of seven loops

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A Silver Bravery Medal, C.1917 certificate_of_authenticity One picture removed and a(Silberne Medaille fr Verdienste). Instituted 1850 by Grand Duke Ludwig III. (Issue 1917 1918). A round silver medal, the obverse depicting the leftward facing head of Grand Duke Ludwig III, circumscribed by his name and title, the reverse inscribed FR TAPFERKEIT (For Bravery) within a laurel and oak wreath, on a loop for suspension from its shortened period original ribbon, measuring 33. 54 mm in diameter, weighing 14. 0 grams with its ribbon, light