Hesse-Darmstadt, Landgraviate. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous, Commander, C.1900 Auction Archive magnetic center (cracked under “W”

magnetic center (cracked under “W”

6) A Saxe-Meiningen War Merit Decoration

reverse illustrating an M Legion flagpole with legion banners below

suspended from a solid Gold swivel crown

in silvered bronze and white and black enamels

Hesse-Darmstadt, Landgraviate. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous, Commander, C.1900 Auction Archive magnetic center (cracked under “W”(Orden Philipps des Gromtigen, Bruststern zum Komturkreuz). Instituted on 1 May 1840 by Grand Duke Ludwig II. Type II. (1849 1918 Issue). A silver cross patte with white enamelled arms, centre obverse presents a left facing golden bust of Philip over a blue enamelled field, circumscribed by a white enamelled ring, bordered and set in Gold, bearing the inscription SI DEUS NOBISCUM QUIS CONTRA NOS (IF GOD IS FOR US WHO CAN BE AGAINST US), reverse centre