Hesse-Darmstadt, Kingdom. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous, Miniature, C. 1900 GTRexclude the obverse with a raised

the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re-institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm

A Gordon Bennett intercontinental balloon race medallion

so his parents are asked to give the award to him instead

He was the first aviator to win the Pour le Merite

Hesse-Darmstadt, Kingdom. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous, Miniature, C. 1900 GTRexclude the obverse with a raisedInstituted in 1849 by Grand Duke Ludwig II. A white enamel cross pattee, obverse center presenting a superimposed silver portrait of Philip the Magnanimous on a blue enamel field, surrounded by the inscription SI DEUS NOB QUIS CONTRAN, the reverse center presents a superimposed silver rearing lion on a blue enamel field surrounded by a white enamel ring inscribed LUD. II MAGN. DUX. HAS. INST., measures 15. 85mm (w) x 17. 71mm (h inclusive of integral