Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous, Ii Class Knight With Swords, C.1880 Archive measuring 44 mm (w) x

measuring 44 mm (w) x 18 mm (h)

128 mm x 183 mm

questioned after the war

and is edged by the twisted silver cord

the other has a flat reverse

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous, Ii Class Knight With Swords, C.1880 Archive measuring 44 mm (w) x(Orden Philipps des Gromthigen, Ritterkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted May 1, 1840. Type II. 1849 1918 Issue. Consisting of a white enameled cross pattee in silver with crossed swords between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a light blue enameled medallion bearing the leftward facing bust of Philip the Magnanimous in Gold, surrounded by a white enameled ring inscribed SI DEUS NOBISCUM QUIS CONTRA NOS (If God is with us, who is