Hesse-Darmstadt, Landgraviate. An Order Of Philipp The Magnanimous, I Class Knight With Swords And Crown, C.1914 Newly Listed 427 (Lion) Squadron and 429

427 (Lion) Squadron and 429 (Bison) Squadron

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

Silver frame and black

mint and unopened condition

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

Hesse-Darmstadt, Landgraviate. An Order Of Philipp The Magnanimous, I Class Knight With Swords And Crown, C.1914 Newly Listed 427 (Lion) Squadron and 429(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