Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous In Gold, Miniature I Class Knight, C.1900 Newly Listed Footnote: The medal was issued

Footnote: The medal was issued to combatants who fought against the Turkish forces during the Serbian War of Independence

The document was never handed out to the recipient due to the German surrender

measuring 64 mm (w) x 26 mm (h)

silver with a gilt insignia

July 23rd: today I got a letter from my husband

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous In Gold, Miniature I Class Knight, C.1900 Newly Listed Footnote: The medal was issued(Orden Philipps des Gromthigen, Ritterkreuz 1. Klasse). Instituted 1 May 1 1840. Type II. (1859 1918 Issue.) A white enameled cross patte in Gold, the obverse with a light blue enameled medallion bearing the leftward facing bust of Philip the Magnanimous in Gold, the reverse with a light blue enameled medallion bearing a rampant lion in multi coloured enamels, surrounded by a ring of white enamels, measuring 15. 54 mm (w) x 17. 67 mm (h inclusive of