Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A General Honour Decoration, Silver Medal For Bravery, With Original Paper Envelope GTRexclude 1st Class for 15 Years'

1st Class for 15 Years' Service (bronze gilt

Constructed of gilt bronze and black and red enamels

He wanted to get a full pilot's training and the only practical way to do that was to join the RAF

accompanied by its 9 mm x 36 mm ribbon bar)

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A General Honour Decoration, Silver Medal For Bravery, With Original Paper Envelope GTRexclude 1st Class for 15 Years'(Allgemeine Ehrenzeichen). Instituted on 25 September 1843. Type III. (1894 1918 Issue). A round silver medal, the obverse centre presents the left facing portrait of Ernst Ludwig, circumscribed by the inscription ERNST LUDWIG GROSSHERZOG VON HESSEN, the reverse centre presents the inscription FR TAPFERKEIT (FOR BRAVERY), surrounded by a border comprised of half oak leaves and half laurel leaves, measuring 33. 37 mm in diameter, on loop for suspension