Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous, Miniature Ii Class Knight, C.1880 Auction an Honour Cross of the

an Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 for Combatants

measuring 38 mm (w) x 16 mm (h)

he was arrested by Allied forces and became one of the 24 defendants during the Nuremberg trials against the major war criminals

measuring 40 mm (w) x 57 mm (l)

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous, Miniature Ii Class Knight, C.1880 Auction an Honour Cross of the(Orden Philipps des Gromthigen, Ritterkreuz 1. Klasse). Instituted 1 May 1 1840. Type II. (1859 1918 Issue.) A white enameled cross patte in Gold, 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 with a inscription of SI DEUS NOBISCUM, QUIS CONTRA NOS (IF GOD IS WITH US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US?), the reverse with an analogous medallions bearing a red