Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous, I Class Knight With Swords, C.1917 GTRexclude emboss stamped in the lower

emboss stamped in the lower left corner

marked on reverse with “STERLING” reflecting Japanese design variant

A 1937 “70 Jahre Vaterländischer Frauenverein vom Roten Kreuz” badge (11

along with denting on the Gold centrepiece ring on the insignia

The 5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion was formed by the conversion of the 7th Battalion

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous, I Class Knight With Swords, C.1917 GTRexclude emboss stamped in the lower(Orden Philipps des Gromthigen, Ritterkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1840. Type II. (1849 1918 Issue). A white enamelled cross patte in silver gilt with crossed swords affixed to body centre, obverse with a light blue enamelled medallion bearing the leftward facing bust of Philip the Magnanimous in Gold, surrounded by a white enamelled ring inscribed SI DEUS NOBISCUM QUIS CONTRA NOS (IF GOD IS WITH US, WHO IS AGAINST US), reverse