Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous In Gold, I Class Knight GTRexclude and were lucky to survive

and were lucky to survive a heavy crash-landing:

gilt wear on the reverse of the MOD

white synthetic eagle affixed below the crown

maker marked "M1/34" (Karl Wurster)

It was also noted on his Discharge Certificate that he had a "small scar across his nose"

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous In Gold, I Class Knight GTRexclude and were lucky to survive(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 inscribed SI DEUS NOBISCUM QUIS CONTRA NOS (If God is with us, who is against us) in Gold, the reverse with a light blue enameled medallion bearing a