Hesse-Darmstadt, Landgraviate. An Order Of Philipp The Magnanimous, I Class Knight With Swords And Crown, C.1914 Newly Listed 1916 and reverted to the

1916 and reverted to the permanent grade of Private upon transfer

maker marked “Lauer Nürnberg - RZM M9/3” on the reverse

A very fine quality example of a German Eagle Order with Swords “Deutscher Adlerorden V

ranging from fine to extremely fine

with a vertical pinback and a barrel hinge and a round wire catch

Hesse-Darmstadt, Landgraviate. An Order Of Philipp The Magnanimous, I Class Knight With Swords And Crown, C.1914 Newly Listed 1916 and reverted to the(Orden Philipps den Gromtigen, Ritterkreuz 1. Klasse, mit Schwertern und Krone). Issued 1881 1918. A silver cross pattee with white enameled arms, with crossed swords between the arms of the cross; the obverse with a central light blue enameled medallion depicting the rightward facing outline of Philipp in bronze gilt, surrounded by a ring of white enamels, inscribed Si Deus Nobiscum Quis Contra Nos (Latin If God is with us, who is against us); the