Hesse. An 1881-1918 Issue Order Of Philip The Magnanimous Commander’s Breast Star With Golden Rays Auction straps with slits stitched in

straps with slits stitched in place on either side for placement around the metal posts

28mm(w) x 44

Britain alone could never have supplied enough horses to meet the war demand

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a Spanish Campaign Medal ribbon

Hesse. An 1881-1918 Issue Order Of Philip The Magnanimous Commander’s Breast Star With Golden Rays Auction straps with slits stitched inAn extremely well preserved example of an 1881 1918 Issue Order of Philip the Magnanimous Commanders Breast Star with Golden Rays (Orden Philipps des Gromthigen Bruststern zum Komturkreuz mit goldenen Strahlen); a silver & silver gilt cross patte; the obverse with a center enameled medallion depicting a silver gilt leftward facing bust of Philip the Magnanimous, surrounded by a ring of white enamels, inscribed Si Deus Nobiscum Quis Contra Nos (Latin