Hesse, Grand Duchy. A Landwehr Long Service Clasp, Ii Class Archive Auflage (French Army

Auflage (French Army

He was also a recipient of the Infantry Assault Badge in Silver and the Close Combat Clasp in Bronze

49mm (x101mm including crown suspension)

then the second style also having the lapel version reverse with no maker’s mark

and British items

Hesse, Grand Duchy. A Landwehr Long Service Clasp, Ii Class Archive Auflage (French Army(Landwehr Dienstauszeichnung II. Klasse). Instituted 8 June 1871 by Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig III. (1871 913 issue). Constructed of magnetic metal, affixed to a bronze backplate with a horizontal pinback and period original length of ribbon, unmarked, measuring 44 mm (w) x 34 mm (h), in very fine condition.